dannyboy81
New Member
Hello All,
I've been looking up on the "Rules of evidence" because I am trying to determine if audio recordings are admissible evidence in rape cases. For instance, say girl A was raped by guy B. If girl A were to later verbally confront guy B while carrying a hidden audio recording device, would it be admissible evidence if the recording captures the rapist confessing (and there are no edits to the recording etc). For instance the girl says something like "why?" and the guy says something like "I raped you because you deserve it" etc. Of course this is a simplified example, but I need to know if such things are admissible evidence.
Basically to clarify; if she has a recording of them talking where he admits to raping her, is it valid if:
1) She knew about the recording (she is the one recording so this one is obvious)
2) He did not know the recording was being made
3) The speakers are able to be identified beyond all doubt (voice analysis etc)
4) The audio has not been tampered with or edited in any way
Thank you.
I've been looking up on the "Rules of evidence" because I am trying to determine if audio recordings are admissible evidence in rape cases. For instance, say girl A was raped by guy B. If girl A were to later verbally confront guy B while carrying a hidden audio recording device, would it be admissible evidence if the recording captures the rapist confessing (and there are no edits to the recording etc). For instance the girl says something like "why?" and the guy says something like "I raped you because you deserve it" etc. Of course this is a simplified example, but I need to know if such things are admissible evidence.
Basically to clarify; if she has a recording of them talking where he admits to raping her, is it valid if:
1) She knew about the recording (she is the one recording so this one is obvious)
2) He did not know the recording was being made
3) The speakers are able to be identified beyond all doubt (voice analysis etc)
4) The audio has not been tampered with or edited in any way
Thank you.
