Goins v. Commonwealth

The appellant, Henry Lee Goins, convicted by the trial court, sitting without a jury, was sentenced to serve 25 years in the penitentiary for robbery, 12 months in jail for carrying a concealed weapon, and 12 months in jail for brandishing a firearm, and to pay a fine of $100 for giving a false name to police officers. On appeal Goins contends that the trial court committed reversible error in overruling his motion to suppress certain identification statements made to the investigating officers by the victim of the robbery who died prior to trial.

About 4:05 a.m. on December 11, 1975,…