State v. Spratt, 742 A.2d 1194, 1198 (R.I.1999)
"As with the admission of evidence generally, determining the relevance of photographs is within the sound discretion of the trial justice... A photograph is relevant if it has a tendency to 'prove or disprove some material fact in issue.' "
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