Brown v. Commonwealth

In four counts under one indictment, Alvin Edward Douglas Brown was charged with committing, on August 22, 1980, the malicious wounding of his estranged wife, Norma H. Brown, the murder of her grandmother, Anna E. Hubbard, and the use of a firearm in the commission of each offense. The trial court granted Brown’s motion for a separate trial of the charges relative to the murder of Hubbard. In a jury trial on the other charges, Norma testified against him and Brown was convicted and sentenced to confinement in the penitentiary in accordance with the jury verdict.

Over Brown’s objection, the…