Goosey v. Commonwealth

CATINNA, Commissioner.. Edward D. Goosey and Eugene Reese were indicted, tried, and found guilty of shooting and wounding with intent to kill and their punishment fixed at twelve years imprisonment.

They claim that the court erred in admitting into evidence shotgun shells and a diagram of the scene of the shooting which had not been properly identified. They further claim that the court erred in overruling their motion for a directed verdict.

In the early morning hours of August 1, 1972, Billy McCord and his wife observed a man tampering with the motor on their boat. The boat was located in a…