When is a photograph or videotape likely to be admitted into evidence, even though it depicts a gruesome scene or a nude person?

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Relevant photographs or videos will usually be admitted, despite their gruesomeness, when they tend to prove such things as the existence of a crime, the cause of death, the number and location of wounds, the manner in which they were inflicted, the amount of force used, the willfulness of the act in question, a person's identity, or to corroborate evidence concerning an unusual cause of death. When it is necessary to prove the manner of death or extent of injury in an assault case, even nude photographs or videos may be admissible.

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