Jefferson v. State

ON APPELLANTS’ MOTION FOR REHEARING

DICE, Commissioner.

In their motion for rehearing, appellants urge as reversible error the court’s action in permitting Officer Driskell to testify, over objection, that in the game of policy it is the writer who does the actual exhibiting to the public, it being appellants’ contention that such testimony of the officer was tantamount to a legal conclusion and invaded the province of the jury.

Officer Driskell, as stated in our original opinion, was shown to be qualified as an expert on policy. Under the holdings of this court, an officer whose qualifications…