Court Opinion

ID: 9704091
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 00:21:37.317367+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:21:56.322411
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T. GL Kavanagh, J.
{concurring in result). I concur in the result reached by my Brother Adams, but I disagree with his stated reasons.
First, I am satisfied that it was reversible error to admit the photographs of the deceased victims of this crime. They were wholly irrelevant and served no other purpose than to prejudice the defendant.
Second, I am convinced the admission of the defendant’s shoes was reversible error for they were the product of an illegal search and seizure in violation of defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights.
On retrial I would bar the photographs and the shoes.
T. M. Kavanagh, C. J., concurred with T. Gr. Kavanagh, J.