Broaddus v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

John Broaddus, Jr., appeals from a judgment sentencing him to five years’ imprisonment pursuant to a verdict finding him guilty of maliciously striking and wounding another with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.

The first contention is that the evidence was not sufficient to establish guilt.

The only evidence in the case was the testimony of the two arresting officers. (The female victim married the defendant before the trial and declined to testify.) The officers testified that as they were cruising the city in a patrol car in the early morning hours they noticed a car…