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Crime Scene Photographs

By Baker Associates

If you watch any legal drama or real-life murder trial, the chances are pretty high that you will see the prosecution attempt to get photographs of the crime scene introduced into evidence and displayed to the jury at trial. Very often, these photographs will depict the victim covered in blood, riddled with gunshots, or in some other manner that proves extremely prejudicial to the defendant. A good criminal defense attorney will undoubtedly object when these photographs are admitted to preserve the issue of the photographs for appeal (if the attorney does not object the defendant is likely out of luck and has lost the opportunity to challenge the admission of the photographs) but whether or not they actually get in will be based on a judge's evidentiary ruling.continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on January 19, 2011 (boomark / email).