State v. Wilson

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

GARIBALDI, J.

The narrow issue presented in this appeal is the admissibility of a videotape presentation of the scene of a crime. Filmed three days after the crime, the videotape depicts the physical location of the witnesses and the murder victim at the time of the crime. The participants in the video do not move or speak. The video, rather than constituting a reenactment of the events, simply gives a spacial overview of the premises and the physical location of the witnesses.

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