Wasley v. State

Appellant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. His appeal pursuant to Fla.Const. Art. V, § 4(2), F.S.A. raises five points of alleged error by the trial court. The only issue we find it necessary to consider is whether the trial court erred in admitting into evidence certain enlarged color photographs and color 35-mm slides projected on a screen before the jury, portraying the dead body of the victim.

The state attempted to prove that when the victim, a 6-year old boy, visited the defendant in his trailer, he tied the boy up, struck him unconscious with his fists,…