Johnson v. State

Upon an indictment for murder in the second degree Raymond Johnson was convicted of manslaughter, and on writ of error argues here that errors were committed in stated rulings upon the admissibility of testimony and in denying a new trial.

It is not error to permit a non-expert witness to testify as to the nature of pistolshot wounds in the body of a person recently deceased and to state that the wounds, b'eing “two big wounds” in the breast, were sufficient to cause the death of the person. Edwards v. State, 39 Fla. 753, 23 South. Rep. 537; Revels v. State, 64 Fla. 432, 59 South. Rep. 951. It…