CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Relevance
......Demonstrative Evidence
.........Tape Recordings; Transcripts
............Objections: In General
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  • Objections to tape recordings.
  • No error in admitting part of D's postarrest taped statement where no reasonable juror would have inferred from the exchange between him and detective that he tacitly admitted having "strangled a girl to death."
  • Court implicitly exercised Evid. Code §352 discretion in excluding interview tapes re D's "state of mind".
  • Where one party introduces part of conversation, opposing party may admit other part, to place excerpts in context or correct misleading impression; court may exercise Evid. Code §352 discretion.