is it an admissible evidence in the court of texas to record someone without their knowledge or permission?
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As far as the rules of evidence are concerned, covert filming is OK.  However, there are certain circumstances, (eg. fitting rooms, toilets, etc.) where such filming is a criminal offense.\n\nIf you have reference to audio recording, if at least one party to the conversation is aware of the taping, it is legal and admissable.  If both parties are unaware, then only by Court order.
945743
check your local state stautes but yes - if it was done without consent - charges could be pressed.
595148
You make a written motion to the court for the District attoreny to produce specific evidence, you would make the same type of motion for the hospital, the police dept, and any other business you want evidence from.\n\nYou would have to pay for the cost of the copy and serving of supena for this material.
428753
I would check if all criminal/court proceedings are public record like they are in the US. In the US, she is only saying what is already public record and doing nothing illegal.
552023
This can be difficult, as there is no one complete archive of court records.  There is probably not even a record of where the records are!\n\nYou are best off starting at the local courts where you think the matter might have been heard.  This will be especially the case for civil matters.
543645
A person can be taped on a phone by the other party.  As long as ONE person, meaning you or the other perosn you are talking to is doing the recording, it is legal.  For someone else outside of law enforcement to do it, it is very illegal.  (i.e neighbor, ex-boyfriend, brother, sister examples such as these are illegal)
1075603
You cannot record another person's telephone call without their knowledge; period, ever.  You can record your call to someone else, or their call to you; but, never, never can you record a call between two other people.  That is a criminal offense.\n   You cannot take someone else's mail either.  That and the above crime are both federal offenses, punishable by prison and hefty fines.  If you have proof, you may also be able to bring a civil suit for monetary damages.
731808
You need to get a lawyer so they can find out what evidence the police have.
1144713
There is no yes/no answer to your question.\n\nOnly your friend's attorney is in a position to give you specific advice.\n\nAnything that causes the prosecution to produce evidence would seemingly help the defendant. But, only if the evidence exonerates him.
511159
I found this information, but it was in regards to Tennessee. I would imagine that most states have a law likened to this one, which is based on the federal statue. I'm in Louisiana and know that as long as you are a party in the conversation, then it would be admissable.\n\nEvidentiary issues. Individuals and businesses that make surreptitious recordings often do so with the expectation that the recordings will be useful as evidence.  Under Tennessee law, an undisclosed recording you might make would be admissible into evidence so long as a court finds it relevant to issues at hand in the case, and it would also be admissible to show that a witness either lied on a particular point of testimony or made a prior inconsistent statement, or has a bias in the case.  The one requirement is that the "tape recordings (or) transcripts... (are) presented in evidence by (a) witness who was present during their recording or who monitored the conversations, if he was so situated and circumstanced that he was in a position to identify the declarant with certainty."  State v. Jones, 598 S.W.2d 209, 223 (Tenn. 1980).  Now, you can't admit a tape into testimony just to show that a witness is a lowlife, but there are generally a number of ways to get the tape into evidence, though they will require an attorney to know the right way to do so.
821029
I would NOT recommend surreptitious vocal recordings in a place where privacy is expected. There are Federal and Massachusetts laws against that.
65849
As long as an attourny isn't party to a crime they cannot reveal anything said to them. If they do it is punishable under the law.\n\nJournalists and there sources have no such legal protection.  If someone reveals something to a journalist that violates the law, the journalist can be compelled by law to reveal the source, if they don't the journalist can be found in contempt of court
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I don't know if you can legally record a phone call without telling the other person in Arkansas or not, some states yes, some no.\nBut, I would have a friend call the guy and pretend he is thinking about hiring you and is calling for a reference and then record what the guy says about you.\nThen you can have a nice lawsuit against him.\nTake the tape to a good employment attorney and play it for him.
514400
I am not a lawyer, but I used to work at a daycare center and took several classes on child abuse. You don't have to have proof of who did it. All you have to have is a SUSPICION. You did the right thing taking pictures and filing a police report. Was it a center or home? I admire you for not beating the piss out of whoever did it, cause I would have! Call a lawyer. It can't hurt anything. Someone obviously did something to your son. Don't let them get away with it! Can he tell you what happened? People who do that give good providers and centers a bad name! I am sorry this has happened to you. Good luck. \nI would like to know how this turns out if you want to share. My e-mail is carieabrown02@yahoo.com
870223
Yes it's illegal as you are filming people without their consent
28791
The Federal Rules of Evidence require originals or duplicates (exact copies) in special circumstances. Edited or altered videotape would not be an original, unless the fact that it was altered/edited is key to the trial.
557754
according to the best evidence rule, edited or altered video tape should not be admitted for use to convict.  In my criminal procedure and evidence course, it was taught that video tape should be presented in an undisturbed fashion