State v. Leazer

WEBB, Justice.

The defendants first assign as error the trial court’s decision admitting, over objection, a videotape of the crime scene including the removal of the body from the scene. The defendant relies upon North Carolina Rules of Evidence, Rules 401 and 403 in arguing that the videotape was irrelevant, inflammatory and that its probative value was greatly outweighed by the risk of unfair prejudice. N.C.G.S. § 8C-1, Rules 401 and 403 (1992); see State v. Hennis, 323 N.C. 279, 372 S.E.2d 523 (1988).

The videotape in question was approximately six minutes in length; however, the objection…