Peters v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

A jury found Rommell B. Peters guilty of the felony murder of six-month-old Shante Alston, his girl friend’s daughter. The sole issue he raises is whether the trial court improperly limited the testimony of the defendant’s expert witness concerning the victim’s medical records. Because the defendant’s expert both stated his opinion on the victim’s cause of death and explained his basis for that opinion, we find no reversible error in the trial court’s evidentiary ruling and affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that Shante was admitted to the hospital emergency room…