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From: esl!jsd@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Jeff Dalton)
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Subject: Speaker Phones and the Courts
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I'm guessing that a tape recording of a phone conversation cannot be
used as evidence in court unless both parties are aware they're
being recorded. But what if one end of the conversation is on a
speaker phone with witnesses listening.  I would guess that the 
witness could testify about the content of the conversation and the
person on the other end of the phone wouldn't have to know someone
else is listening.

Does anyone know anything about this?

Jeff Dalton, ESL Inc.  
jsd@esl.com