Prince v. Commonwealth

On the evening of January 11, 1983, Ernest Gibson, Jr., was killed and Lillian Gibson, his wife, was wounded by shotgun blasts fired into their home. The defendant, David Lee Prince, Jr., was arrested and charged with murdering Mr. Gibson, maiming Mrs. Gibson, shooting into the Gibson dwelling, and using a firearm in the commission of the murder and maiming offenses.

A jury convicted the defendant of all the offenses. After receipt of a probation report, the trial court sentenced the defendant in accordance with the jury’s verdicts to imprisonment for life plus thirty-two years.

In the trial…