Okay so what point are you making? The coroner didn’t determine lawfulness, the court did. He just offered his opinion, as coroners do, about the actions that killed the woman.
My point is that the coroner’s opinion isn’t an official determination of whether the death was lawful.
The opinion here was basically that the wounds didn’t match the defendant’s story. That’s not determining the lawfulness of the death, although it’s likely good evidence towards that determination.
And in Texas the coroner doesn’t. They determine cause of death.
A DA or jury determines lawfulness.
Okay so what point are you making? The coroner didn’t determine lawfulness, the court did. He just offered his opinion, as coroners do, about the actions that killed the woman.
My point is that the coroner’s opinion isn’t an official determination of whether the death was lawful.
The opinion here was basically that the wounds didn’t match the defendant’s story. That’s not determining the lawfulness of the death, although it’s likely good evidence towards that determination.