State v. Turner
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the CourtPattangall, J.
On exceptions. Respondent was convicted of murder. He now asks that, the verdict be set aside and new trial granted because of errors in admitting and excluding evidence and in refusing requested instructions.
1. The first exception relates to the admission of photographs showing wounds in the body of the deceased, and to the refusal to order the photographs withdrawn from the evidence at the close of the case.
The rule that the admission of photographs as evidence is within the discretion of the trial judge, is too well settled to admit argument. Respondent urges that, in the instant case the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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