Harris v. State

OPINION ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW

McCORMICK, Judge.

This is a petition for discretionary review brought by the appellant from the Eleventh Supreme Judicial District Court of Appeals in Eastland. Appellant was convicted of injury to a child, and punishment was assessed at twenty years’ confinement and a $10,000 fine. The sole ground to be reviewed is whether the Court of Appeals erred in holding that the trial court properly admitted into evidence a color photograph taken of the victim after an autopsy.

Dr. Joe Hall testified that he performed an autopsy on the…