Criminal,
Constitutional Law,
California Supreme Court
Dec. 6, 2019
Secret recording OK in criminal evidence, state high court says
“The California Supreme Court has now made it clear that this exclusionary provision did not survive Proposition 8,” said appellate attorney Verna J. Wefald, whose client lost the appeal. “As far as the Legislature is concerned, the ball is in their court.”
A transcript of a secretly-recorded conversation was properly admitted into evidence in a criminal case, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.
The court ruled against Alejandro Guzman, convicted of lewd and lascivious acts against two girls under 13. It affirmed a decision by the 2nd District Court of Appeal that the use of the recording was legal under the terms of a 1982 voter initiative, Proposition 8. $95
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