State v. Evans

The first question is whether the police photographs, admitted as evidence in both trials, constituted prejudicial error.

Police identification markings characterized each picture. They were double-shot in nature, having front and profile views of appellants. The latter maintain that these pictures prejudiced the jury, citing State v. Breedlove (1971), 26 Ohio St. 2d 178. The second paragraph of the syllabus of that case reads:

“On direct examination, evidence of the identification of the defendant from a selection of photographs, using photographs from police files with police identification…