Evans v. State

Defendants Gregory Evans and Robert Anderson seek reversals of their convictions after jury trial and their sentences for conspiracy to traffic in 2,000 or more pounds of cannabis. They raise four points on appeal, but we address only one. They argue the court erred in admitting into evidence tape recordings of telephone conversations without first requiring one party to the conversation to testify that the recordings were authorized.

The scenario in this case involved a “reverse sting” drug operation by law enforcement officers. During the negotiations a confidential police informant made a…