State v. Hayward

Defendant was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault on the manager of the Sessions Record Shop in Portsmouth. The manager testified that on August 7, 1971, she was struck on the head with a hammer by defendant. During the trial the State introduced into evidence through the testimony of a police photographer, first black and white and, then, color photographs (2'' x 3'') representing the area of the shop in which the manager was assaulted. Both sets of photographs portrayed the sales counter where the crime occurred and revealed the general disarray as well as the bloodstains resulting…