In Order to Introduce a 911 Call Recording, It Must

Multiple Choice

In order to introduce a 911 call recording, it must be first authenticated as being the genuine recording. To authenticate a 911 tape, the party offering the audiotape as evidence:

A) should have the 911 operator testify that the call came to his call station as a method of proving its genuine nature.
B) must have expert voice examiners listen and compare the unknown sample of the 911 tape with the sample of the voice that is purported to be the speaker.
C) could have the person who called 911 listen to the tape and identify her voice as the voice that made the emergency recording.
D) prior to trial and for trial purposes, may have a person listen to known samples of the purported subject's voice and compare it to the questioned recorded voice and offer an opinion concerning the identity and authenticity of the unknown voice.