Carr v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Dennis Lamar Carr and Willie Collier, Jr., appeal their convictions for malice murder, 1 asserting, primarily, that the trial court erred in admitting autopsy photographs into evidence. Because the photographs were admissible to show material facts which became apparent as a result of the autopsy, we affirm.

1. The challenged photographs depict the victim’s skull without the scalp, and the victim’s hyoid bone. The photograph of the skull demonstrated material facts concerning the cause of death — blunt head trauma. The photograph of the hyoid bone demonstrated material facts…