Jones v. Commonwealth

ALSTON, Judge.

Ronald Jerome Jones (appellant) was convicted of second-degree murder, in violation of Code § 18.2-32. On appeal, he contends that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing an expert witness, whose opinion was based on neither her personal knowledge nor on facts in evidence, to testify as to the victim’s cause of death. For the reasons that follow, we hold that the trial court did not err in its finding that the opinion expressed by the expert witness was based sufficiently upon the witness’ own observations and analyses. Therefore, we affirm appellant’s conviction.

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