New Mexico Supreme Court· 1/21/1987

State v. Boeglin

Citations

731 P.2d 943
105 N.M. 247

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holding that the admission of a close-up photograph depicting gruesome neck wounds suffered by the victim was proper to “illustrate, clarify, and corroborate the testimony of witnesses”
holding that a defendant is not entitled to complain on appeal after he has 14 made a tactical decision not to seek a step-down instruction
holding that it was not an abuse of discretion to admit gruesome photograph because the danger of unfair prejudice was not, as a matter of law, greater than the probative value of the evidence
holding that the admission of a close-up photograph depicting gruesome neck wounds suffered by the victim was proper to “illustrate, clarify, and corroborate the testimony of witnesses”
noting that the trial court may, “within its sound discretion, exclude reasonably relevant evidence on the ground that its probative value is substantially outweighed by the dangers of unfair prejudice”
explaining that where a defendant fails to preserve an objection to jury instructions at trial, the Court may still grant relief in cases of fundamental error

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Judges: Stowers, Scarborough, Walters

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