Opinion ID: 1688754
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 19

Heading: the lower court erred in overruling appellant's motion in limine relating to gruesome photographs submitted into evidence in the trial and used as evidence in this cause.

Text: Appellant complains that photographs of the victim, three in number, were cumulative, prejudicial and inflammatory. Dr. Arthur Martin, the pathologist, referred to the photographs and used them to explain how death was inflicted and to point out the extent of certain wounds (victim was struck with a blunt instrument on the head and then death ensued by strangulation). We are of the opinion that the photographs had probative value and that they were not so distorted and gruesome as to be prejudicial and inflammatory. The lower court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the photographs into evidence. See Dufour v. State, 453 So.2d 337 (Miss. 1984); Smith v. State, 419 So.2d 563 (Miss. 1982); Edwards v. State, 413 So.2d 1007 (Miss. 1982); Bullock v. State, 391 So.2d 601 (Miss. 1980); Voyles v. State, 362 So.2d 1236 (Miss. 1978); Irving v. State, 361 So.2d 1360 (Miss. 1978).