NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s Court of Appeals will consider whether to let the state medical examiner perform an autopsy on the body of executed inmate Cecil Johnson Jr.
The Tennessean reports Johnson’s body has been in storage for a month while the court battle over the autopsy drags on.
Johnson cited his religious beliefs in asking that his body not undergo an autopsy after his death.
Medical examiner Bruce Levy has argued that an autopsy is the only way to know whether the lethal injection that killed Johnson was administered properly.
The Appeals Court will hear arguments in the case on Friday.