Court Opinion

ID: 9569627
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:15:52.16287+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:03:40.053046
License: Public Domain

Carley, Justice,
concurring specially.
I fully concur in Divisions 1, 2 and 4 of the majority opinion. I also agree that if, upon retrial, the State tenders pre-autopsy photographs and the defendant objects on the grounds that their prejudicial impact outweighs any probative value, the trial court must exercise its discretion in determining admissibility, as the majority holds in Division 3 of the opinion, citing Hayes v. State, 268 Ga. 809, 812 (5) (493 SE2d 169) (1997). However, as Hayes itself recognizes, “[generally, pre-autopsy photographs of the victim are admissible to illustrate the nature and extent of the victim’s wounds . . . .” Hayes v. State, supra, 812 (5).