Reedy v. Commonwealth

Opinion

MOON, J.—Davey James Reedy was convicted of arson and two counts of murder by arson. As circumstantial evidence that Reedy started the fire, the Commonwealth relied on evidence that Reedy’s clothing contained traces of gasoline. Reedy claims that his convictions should be reversed because the Commonwealth failed to establish the chain of custody of certain items of the clothing between the time Reedy left the scene of the fire and the time the clothing arrived at the state laboratory, and thus the trace of gasoline on his clothing could have resulted from mishandling. We disagree and…