People v. Law

Opinion

BROWN (G. A.), P. J.

Appellant, E. D. Law, was convicted by a jury of one count of making a false bomb report to a police officer in violation of Penal Code section 148.1, subdivision (a), a felony (count one), and of two counts of making telephone calls with intent to annoy in violation of Penal Code section 653m, subdivision (a), misdemeanors (counts three and four).

The conviction of the false bomb report charge was based primarily upon the admission into evidence, over objection, of spectrograms (voice-prints) and expert testimony pertaining to the spectrograms. This evidence, viewed…