Jester v. State

Marshall, Justice.

Ike Jester, Jr., appeals from his conviction of malice murder and his life sentence.

1. The appellant first contends that there was insufficient evidence as to the cause of death to support a conviction of murder, because the only witness who testified as to cause of death was not properly qualified as an expert at the trial, in that this witness — though referred to as “doctor” throughout the trial by counsel for both sides — was not shown to be a medical doctor.

The witness — a medical examiner with the State Crime Laboratory — testified as to his qualifications, including…