Curtis v. Commonwealth

Opinion

DUFF, J.

Aaron Lamont Curtis was tried September 29-30, 1988, on charges of malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The jury found Curtis guilty as charged and the judge, in accordance with the jury’s verdict, sentenced him to ten years in the penitentiary on the charge of malicious wounding and two years for the use of the firearm. On appeal, Curtis contends that the court erred in permitting the victim to identify him, before the jury, as the man who shot him, knowing that the victim’s identification may have been tainted by an improper out-of-court…