State v. Gonsalves

KLEIN, Judge.

The state seeks, by petition for writ of certiorari, to quash an order of the trial court granting defendant’s motion to photograph a portion of the inside of the home of the victim of a crime. We conclude that the ruling was not a departure from the essential requirements of law.

Defendant is charged with attempted burglary of a dwelling with intent to commit theft. The victim identified the defendant as the person she observed outside her kitchen window while she was in her kitchen. Although the victim allowed the police to photograph her house, both inside and out, she objected…