Brown v. State

Benham, Justice.

This appeal is from appellant’s conviction for malice murder. The evidence adduced at trial established that appellant, a mentally retarded nineteen-year-old, killed her one-year-old child by means of repeated blows to his head with a metal table leg.

1. In her first enumeration of error, appellant complains of the trial court’s denial of her motion for mistrial on the ground that an expert witness testified to the ultimate issue in the case. A physician who had evaluated the victim’s injuries in the hospital was asked by the trial court whether he had an opinion as to the…