Opinion ID: 1325306
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Heading: Admissibility of the Autopsy Report.

Text: Gray contends that because the pathologist who performed the autopsy on the victim testified at trial, the admission of the autopsy report constituted error. He argues that the report has no probative value and only tends to inflame the jury. We do not agree. We have previously rejected this identical contention. See Fitzgerald v. Commonwealth, 223 Va. 615, 630, 292 S.E.2d 798, 806-07 (1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1228, 103 S.Ct. 1235, 75 L.Ed.2d 469 (1983). Moreover, Code § 19.2-188 authorizes the admission of the report.