What is the test for admissibility of photographs of child abuse?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People of Territory of Guam v. Ibanez, 993 F.2d 884 (9th Cir. 1993):

The admissibility of such photographs "lies solely within the discretion of the trial judge and his ruling will not be reversed unless their probative value is clearly outweighed by their prejudicial effect." People v. Murphy, 503 P.2d 594, 603-604 (1972) (citations omitted), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 833 (1973). "It is primarily for the trial court in the exercise of its discretion to weigh the importance of putting before the jury all that may reasonably assist them in the determination of guilt against the danger that they will substitute emotion for reason as the basis of their verdict." Seastone, 3 Cal.App.3d at 65, 82 Cal.Rptr. at 909.

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