Wilson v. State

Citations

• 41 Tex. 320

Syllabus

<p>1. Opinion of non-expert witness.—It is error to admit in evidence the opinion of a witness ignorant of anatomy, as to the sex of a person from an examination of the skeleton.</p> <p>2. Experts—Identity.—1To secure the best evidence of identity, physicians or persons skilled in anatomy—experts—should be called; and unless called, and when the opinions o£ others have been admitted, the error is ground of reversal.</p> <p>3. See testimony held insufficient proof of the corpus delicti in a trial for murder.</p>