Opinion ID: 1161740
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Heading: Unadmitted Photographs Shown to the Jury Constituted Harmless Error.

Text: Stevens argues that because Exhibits 6 and 7, which were never admitted into evidence, were inadvertently given to the jury, his motion for mistrial based upon the jury's consideration of this evidence should have been granted. The exhibits were two photographs of the scene of the shooting taken after the body had been removed showing the cardboard upon which the paramedics laid the victim, a pool of blood, some paramedic items and the victim's bloody tee shirt. We have viewed the exhibits and have compared them to Exhibit 5, a photograph of the same scene shot from a greater distance which was admitted into evidence, and we find that the jury's consideration of this extrinsic evidence could not have contributed to the verdict beyond a reasonable doubt. State v. Poland, 132 Ariz. 269, 645 P.2d 784 (1982). The trial court acted within its discretion in denying Stevens' motion. McLaughlin v. Fahringer, 150 Ariz. 274, 723 P.2d 92 (1986).