Cotton v. Commonwealth

Opinion

WILLIS, J.

On appeal from his convictions in a jury trial of robbery and the use of a firearm in the commission of robbery, Joseph Cotton, Jr., contends that the trial court erred: (1) in receiving fingernail comparison evidence, (2) in rejecting as evidence an expert’s paper, (3) in refusing to strike the expert’s testimony, (4) in denying Cotton’s request to introduce into evidence *308the expert’s cautionary language concerning the use of full width fingernail cuttings for comparison, (5) in permitting a witness to testify as to the victim’s statement as the assailant left the store, (6)…