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McMurtrey v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Mar 6, 1958
101 So. 2d 93 (Ala. 1958)

Opinion

3 Div. 819.

March 6, 1958.

Appeal from Circuit Court, Lowndes County, T. W. Thagard, J.

Wm. J. Fuller, Jr., Montgomery, for petitioner.

John Patterson, Atty. Gen., and Edmon L. Rinehart, Asst. Atty. Gen., opposed.


This is a petition of Anderson Woodrow McMurtrey for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the decision of that court in McMurtrey v. State of Alabama, 101 So.2d 88. The only question presented is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that a state toxicologist was qualified to give opinion evidence as to the cause of deceased's death. We find no error in that holding. Payne v. State, 261 Ala. 397, 405, 74 So.2d 630; Phillips v. State, 248 Ala. 510, 516, 28 So.2d 542.

Writ denied.

LAWSON, SIMPSON and MERRILL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

McMurtrey v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Mar 6, 1958
101 So. 2d 93 (Ala. 1958)
Case details for

McMurtrey v. State

Case Details

Full title:Anderson Woodrow McMURTREY v. STATE of Alabama

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Mar 6, 1958

Citations

101 So. 2d 93 (Ala. 1958)
267 Ala. 259

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