Opinion ID: 2608588
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: The Doctors' Testimony

Text: The defendant's final argument on evidential matters relates to his motion to strike the doctors' testimony describing the injuries to the child on the ground that the child was not identified as the same Christopher D. Stone alleged in the information. This argument is devoid of merit. Each doctor testified, without objection, that the child was identified as Christopher Donald Stone. Furthermore, the doctors identified the child they treated or examined as the very same child pictured in photographs that were ultimately admitted into evidence as those of the victim, Christopher D. Stone. Prior to the doctors' testimony, the child's mother, Donna Taggart, had already testified to the child's arrival at the hospital and treatment by the doctors. Her description of the physical characteristics of her child was virtually identical to those depicted in several of the photographs. Viewing the evidence in its entirety, there can be no doubt that the child examined and treated by the doctors was the same Christopher D. Stone alleged in the information, and the trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion to strike the doctors' testimony.