JESTER v. STATE

39040.

250 Ga. 119 (1982)

296 S.E.2d 555

JESTER v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Corbeil, Grantham & Walker, George L. Williams, Jr., for appellant.

Willis B. Sparks, III, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Victoria H. Soto, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

Ike Jester, Jr., appeals from his conviction of malice murder and his life sentence.

1. The appellant first contends that there was insufficient evidence as to the cause of death to support a conviction of murder, because the only witness who testified as to cause of death was not properly qualified as an expert at the trial, in that this witness — though referred to as "doctor" throughout the trial by counsel for both sides —...

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