State v. Heinish

I

Appellant asserts in his first two propositions of law that the trial court erred in allowing the coroner to testify to the fact that the victim’s body was burned when it could not be determined that the burning of the body caused the victim’s death. Appellant also claims that the court’s denial of a voir dire of the coroner prior to the coroner’s testimony deprived appellant of a fair trial.

Appellant argues that since the condition of the body of the victim precluded the coroner from finding a single purposeful manner of death, any testimony that the body was burned would prejudice the jury…