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and entry wounds to be a 3-to-l ratio, as in Mr. Gray’s wounds, he said, “but the three-times-larger exit wound would be a ‘blowout,’ not a slit as described.”
“This is based on your opinion,” Mr. Luke asked, “not your training?”
“Yes,” CPO Byrd replied.
In response to a question from Mr. Fletcher, on re-direct examination, CPO Byrd said that, for the bullet to travel in a uniform path, it must have retained its shape. “If it were deformed — by passage through a deer — it would not travel in a straight line.”
Judge Foley interceded to direct that the testimony be refocused. “The court has done enough hunting with similar rounds to be familiar with entrance and exit wounds. The court is familiar with a situation where a round passed through two deer, killed both and kept going.”
Mr. Selvage’s son Fred, a registered nurse, took the stand to testify that when bodies are turned over after death, the leg or arm on the side toward which they are turned will always stay on top.
Sam Shafer, Mr. Selvage’s hunting partner on the day of the shooting, said that he heard two shots during the afternoon, one about 3:30, then another just before 5 p.m. He said that he was on the other side of the mountain, and could not tell exactly where the shots came from, but that the direction was toward Rt. 620, the side of the mountain where the other hunters were located.
He said that Mr. Selvage is “a smart hunter — he knows the woods better than anyone I know. He always expresses safety to me. He is an excellent shot — nine out of 10 times he hits what he shoots at.”
Mr. Selvage then took the stand in his own defense. Describing,himself as a retired American Airlines mechanic, he said that he has hunted for more than 40 years without an accident.
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