State v. Torres

Anthony Andres Torres (“Torres”) appeals the circuit court’s admission into evidence of autopsy photographs and a videotape recording during the sentencing phase of his capital murder trial. Torres contends the photographs should have been excluded based on South Carolina Rule of Evidence 403, and the videotape recording should have been excluded based on either Rule 403 or Section 16-3-25(C)(l) of the South Carolina Code (2003). We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In May of 2007, Union County Emergency Services received a call reporting a one-car accident involving a van. Subsequently,…