State v. . Ellis

After describing the wound the first witness for the State testified that Beauchamp’s death bad been caused by “the bullet that went through bis bead.” He bad -not qualified as an expert witness and for this reason the defendant excepted to the testimony. Considered in the light of all the evidence the conclusion of the witness seems to be self-evident; but conceding for the moment that bis opinion is technically within the domain of expert evidence (S. v. Jones, 68 N. C., 413), we think the error, if any, was cured by testimony subsequently offered by the defendant. Dr. Greene, a witness for…