Hanson v. Commonwealth

Opinion

COLEMAN, J.

Burt John Hanson was convicted by a jury of the murder of William Rodney Taylor, the use of a firearm in the commission of Taylor’s murder, and grand larceny. He makes four assignments of error. He claims the trial court improperly admitted into evidence: two photographs of Taylor’s body; three postmarked envelopes, on which his fingerprints were found, that were seized from a bag of trash in Taylor’s mobile home; and testimony from two witnesses who recounted unfavorable statements that the victim, Taylor, had made about Hanson. Hanson also claims the evidence of the value…