State v. . Phillips

Stacy, O. J.,

after stating tbe facts as above: Tbe State contended on tbe second trial, as well as on tbe first, tbat tbe range of the death bullet plus the absence of powder burns left the theory of suicide with no substantial basis of fact.

In support of this contention, the prosecution had experiments made to determine whether bullets fired from the death pistol at close range would show powder burns on the targets. They did. On cross-examination, one of the officers who made the experiments stated that “the amount of powder in a shell and the type of powder would have right much to do with…