defendant's household. The defendant now seeks to confine the issue to the time during which Mrs. Carli lived with her. This was not the basis of the trial court's ruling. Rather, the defendant herself opened the door to inquiry about Mrs. Carli's condition prior to Mrs. Carli's death and Mrs. Carli's entrance into defendant's household. The photographs were probative of that question and there was no abuse of discretion in their admission.
A more complicated question is presented concerning testimony of witnesses to acts of abuse perpetrated on Mrs. Carli outside the presence of the defendant. Over objection, the trial court gave the jury proper instructions on accountability, holding that defendant "abetted" others in their harmful acts, that is, the evidence showed that the defendant encouraged, supported, or countenancedrecounted acts of abuse by Terry Baugh and Shirley Baugh, defendant's son and daughter. Some acts were committed outside defendant's presence and the court instructed the jury to disregard that testimony. The rest of the testimony pertained to treatment of Mrs. Carli by the defendant or others in her presence. He stated that she was "treated awful"; that defendant raised her voice to Mrs. Carli; that she grabbed Mrs. Carli when placing her in a chair; that she slapped Mrs. Carli's hands at mealtimes until the hands turned red; that defendant cursed Mrs. Carli and stated she wished Mrs. Carli would die. Kennedy stated that defendant had been present when others abused Mrs. Carli. At the conclusion of Kennedy's testimony the court again admonished the jury to disregard