State v. Lionel R. Goyet, 132 A.2d 623, 120 Vt. 12 (Vt. 1957)

State v. Lionel R. Goyet, 132 A.2d 623, 120 Vt. 12 (Vt. 1957)

According to most decisions, a photograph is admissible in evidence, not merely as a map or diagram representing things to which a witness testifies from his independent observation, but as direct evidence of things which have not been directly described by a witness as having come from his observation. 20 Am Jur Evidence, § 727, p. 608, note 20; See also 23 CJS, Criminal Law, § 852; 3 Wigmore on Evidence, 3rd Ed. [Supp] p. 54-55. There was no error in admitting the photographs as direct evidence.

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