Gosser v. Commonwealth

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

Appellant, Mark Alan Gosser, was convicted of wanton murder in the Pulaski Circuit Court, and was sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. He appeals to this Court as a matter of right. We affirm.

Gosser’s conviction stems from the events of February 9-10, 1996, when a party was held at a home in Somerset, Kentucky. Witnesses testified that Gosser went to the party to find Danny Abbott, with whom Gosser had a dispute a few days before. Abbott blamed Gosser for slashing his tires, and Gosser thought Abbott had set him up to-be arrested.

At some point after Gosser arrived at…