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Self v. State

Citations

  • 90 Miss. 58
  • 43 So. 945

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law and Procedure. Evidence, Exhibits. Experts.</p> <p>Where the condition of decedent’s skull at the time of his death was a material enquiry, the testimony of experts who did not see it until disinterred 'two years afterwards and the skull itself were inadmissible in evidence, where .it had decayed to such an extent that the witnesses could not do more than speculate touching its condition at the time in question.</p>

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  • use of skull in court room improper because its condition at the time of trial was not nearly the same as its former condition

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Judges: Whitfield

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