Hyde v. State

PRENTICE, Justice.

The Defendant (Appellant) was convicted, after trial by jury, of three counts of armed robbery, Ind.Code § 85-42-5-1 (Burns.1979) and was sentenced to three concurrent terms of fourteen (14) years imprisonment. This direct appeal presents but one issue for review: whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence State's Exhibit No. 6, a photograph, over Defendant's objection.

During trial the State offered into evidence three photographs (State's Exhibits Nos. 2, 5, and 6). The photographs depicted the contents of the trunk of a blue automobile alleged to have been…