State v. Best
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of murder, two counts of attempted murder and related crimes, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting into evidence four photographs that depicted the bloody interior of a vehicle used to transport two victims shot by Defendant to the hospital.
At Defendant's second jury trial on murder, attempted murder, and first degree assault charges, the State admitted into evidence four photographs of the bloody interior of the car that one victim used to drive herself and other victim to the hospital. On appeal, Defendant argued that the four photographs were unduly prejudicial because of their inflammatory nature and that the evidentiary error was harmful. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court's determination that the photographs were more probative than prejudicial was not an abuse of discretion.
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