CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Relevance
......Demonstrative Evidence
.........Tape Recordings; Transcripts
............Best Evidence Rule Not Applicable
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Best evidence objection not applicable to tape.

Best evidence rule defined.

Where both a tape recording of a conversation and a witness to the conversation are available at trial, testimony of witness is not barred by best evidence rule [then applicable law].

Recordings and transcripts thereof are not subject to best evidence objection.

When conversation taped and both witness' testimony and tape are introduced at trial, best evidence rule not applicable.

Secondary evidence of lost tape record admissible.

Testimony re what witness has seen or heard is best evidence even if subject of testimony reduced to writing or recorded.

Transcript of tape recording not inadmissible by best evidence rule, even though much of tape unintelligible.

Copy of tape recording admissible when original also in court.