# Lawyers, whadya mean, 'audio recordings are not admissible in any court of law?'

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-whadya-mean-audio-recordings-are-not-admissible-in-any-court-of-law/454181 "2008-06-25T13:44:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-whadya-mean-audio-recordings-are-not-admissible-in-any-court-of-law/454181/21 "2008-06-25T18:51:58Z")

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[QUOTE=mks57]  
There was an infamous case recently of a man in Nashua, New Hampshire being arrested for videotaping the police with his home security system.

[Man charged after videotaping police](http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS01/106290121)  
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[QUOTE=Chimera]  
“Twelve states require, under most circumstances, the consent of all parties to a conversation. Those jurisdictions are California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, **New Hampshire** , Pennsylvania, and Washington…”  
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Bet he would have gotten in trouble in Florida or Illinois, too. :smack:

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**Author:** ![mks57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@mks57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mks57)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-whadya-mean-audio-recordings-are-not-admissible-in-any-court-of-law/454181/22 "2008-06-25T21:35:51Z")

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[QUOTE=Santo Rugger]  
Bet he would have gotten in trouble in Florida or Illinois, too. :smack:  
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I think it had a lot more to do with the local police being jerks and looking for an excuse to get a little revenge. The camera was in plain view and the property was posted. To me that’s implied consent. If you don’t like it, you are free to leave.

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyers-whadya-mean-audio-recordings-are-not-admissible-in-any-court-of-law/454181/23 "2008-06-26T15:08:53Z")

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[QUOTE=mks57]  
There was an infamous case recently of a man in Nashua, New Hampshire being arrested for videotaping the police with his home security system.

[Man charged after videotaping police](http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060629/NEWS01/106290121)  
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Situations like this have caused my personal view of law enforcement to evolve over time. When I was in my twenties, I was Mr Cooperation. Nowadays, I follow the [ACLU guidelines](http://www.aclu.org/police/gen/14528res20040730.html) to a tee. ☹

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