Legal Opinion
People v. Harrington
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 11, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in admitting into evidence four autopsy photographs of the victim. The challenged photographs were neither excessively gruesome nor introduced for the sole purpose of arousing the jurors’ passions and prejudicing the defendant (see People v Wood, 79 NY2d 958, 960 [1992]; People v Pobliner, 32 NY2d 356, 369-370 [1973], cert denied 416 US 905 [1974]; People v Fletcher, 84 AD3d 1265, 1266 [2011], lv denied 17 NY3d 816 [2011]). Rather, they were relevant to a material issue at trial and also to elucidate the testimony of the medical…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- People v. PoblinerNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. WoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1992
- People v. ProwseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- People v. AllanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
- People v. FletcherAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
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