Venters v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was given twenty-five years for murder in the second degree. During the trial, the court, over appellant’s objection, permitted "the bloody shirt” taken from the body of deceased to be introduced in evidence before the jury. The objection urged was that it was not sufficiently identified as that worn by deceased at the time he was shot. This objection is not well taken. The proof is beyond controversy that the shirt was taken from the body of deceased a few hours after his death. This being the only objection urged, the introduction of this evidence is not…