Hines v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted for the first degree murder of James Ralph Driver. Sentence was set at life imprisonment.

The appellant cites two instances of alleged error for a reversal of her conviction. The first question is whether three photographs taken at the scene of the crime and depicting the body of the deceased from different angles were properly admitted into evidence. Secondly, it is argued that the mere offer by the state to introduce a tape recording of an alleged statement made by the appellant to an investigating police officer, prior to properly establishing a…