In State v. Starnes, 16 N.C. App. 357, 360, 192 S.E.2d 89, 91, cert. denied, 282 N.C. 429, 192 S.E.2d 841 (1972), a deputy sheriff who investigated a shooting testified that, in his opinion, the victim had died of a gunshot wound to the neck. Noting that the witness had described in detail the position in which he had found the deceased's body, as well as the nature and extent of the wounds, this Court stated that "it did not require a medical expert to conclude that the wounds described had caused the death. Any intelligent person who examined the body could have testified to that fact." Id.