Lara v. State

The judgment of conviction and sentence under review is affirmed upon a holding that the defendant’s agreement to stipulate to (1) what the testimony at trial would be, based on the discovery taken by both parties and by the police investigation in the case, and (2) the admission of certain photographs, which stipulation obviated the necessity for taking any live testimony in the case, is attributable to a perfectly legitimate trial tactic calculated to enhance the defendant’s chances of acquittal. Under these circumstances, no affirmative showing was required that the defendant voluntarily…