State v. Toomer

BRANCH, Chief Justice.

Defendant first contends the trial court erred by permitting the district attorney to read into evidence a transcription of Detective Harris’ taped interview with Roderick Smith. Defendant objects to this evidence on the ground that the State failed to lay a proper foundation for its admissibility.

In order to insure proper authentication of a tape recording, this Court held in State v. Lynch, 279 N.C. 1, 181 S.E. 2d 561 (1971), that the following requirements must be met before a tape recorded statement may be admitted into evidence:(1) that the recorded testimony was…