How have photographs been deemed inadmissible in a murder trial?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Escalon, F070024 (Cal. App. 2018):
photographs were not made inadmissible by the prosecutor's ability to prove motive, intent, and cause of death through other evidence. [Citation.]" (People v. Montes (2014) 58 Cal.4th 809, 862.)
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