State v. Patel, 949 A.2d 401 (R.I. 2008)
Notably, in Mora, 618 A.2d at 1280, this Court declined to hold that an enhanced audio-tape recording of the victim's screams during a brutal rape should have been excluded under Rule 403 , even though the issue of force and coercion was not a disputed issue in the case. We also rejected the contention that the tape “was a needless presentation of cumulative evidence" or that it was intended “to evoke the jury's sympathies for the victim." Mora, 618 A.2d at 1280. The Court concluded that the recording established where the parties were situated and “served the same purpose as any other form of demonstrative evidence[.]" Id.
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