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McMurtrey v. StateMcMurtrey v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Mar 6, 1958
3 Div. 819
Reporters:
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Before:
Goodwyn
GOODWYN, Justice.

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.

Case Details

Case Name: McMurtrey v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Mar 6, 1958
Citations: 101 So. 2d 93; 267 Ala. 259; 1958 Ala. LEXIS 308; 3 Div. 819
Docket Number: 3 Div. 819
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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