Curtis v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

William Lee Curtis appeals from a judgment sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment pursuant to a verdict which convicted him of malicious shooting and wounding with intent to kill. He claims errors in the admission of evidence and in the overruling of his motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.

John Terry Delacey, the victim of the shooting, testified that around 7:30 p. m. on April 5, 1970, Curtis came to Delacey’s home, knocked on the door, walked in and shot him twice. Delacey was unequivocal in his identification of Curtis. The latter’s…