Opinion ID: 2391903
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Heading: videotape as evidence

Text: Elk also argues the trial court erred in admitting a videotape showing a day in the life of Jackson. Elk does not argue that the tape, which was played with the sound off, was inaccurate or misleading, but that its inflammatory effect outweighed its probative value and that it was cumulative of other evidence. The same guidelines for admission of photographs can be applied to videotapes, where we give the trial court broad discretion in determining admissibility and will not reverse merely because they are inflammatory and cumulative of other evidence, if the probative value outweighs any prejudice, Berry v. State, 290 Ark. 223, 718 S.W.2d 447 (1986). Rodgers v. State, 261 Ark. 293, 547 S.W.2d 419 (1977). Elk has presented no convincing argument showing the tape was inadmissible.