Is there any case law where a jury was asked to consider the impact of "unpleasant" autopsy photographs on the evidence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Scott, F058798, No. 08CM0305 (Cal. App. 2011):
Although the autopsy photographs unquestionably were unpleasant, they were relevant, highly probative evidence. "The jury can, and must, be shielded from depictions that sensationalize an alleged crime, or are unnecessarily gruesome, but the jury cannot be shielded from an accurate depiction of the charged crimes that does not unnecessarily play upon the emotions of the jurors." (People v. Ramirez (2006) 39 Cal.4th 398, 454.)
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