Dawkins brothers murder trial: Jurors won’t see Daniel Spotards autopsy photos, judge rules

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Dawkins brothers murder trial: Jurors won’t see Daniel Spotards autopsy photos, judge rules

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Autopsy photos of Daniel Spotards are “evidence of an execution,” and are so “horrifying” and “graphic,” that they were ruled inadmissible and kept from jurors by Judge Stephen Schick. Medical examiner Dr. Kia Newman testified Thursday that Spotards, 42, was shot eight times, including in the forehead, cheek and neck. Spotards was fatally shot in front of his mother’s Plattekill home on the Campbell Road Extension at about 5:50 …