State v. Edwards

KAHN, Judge.

The court below granted appellee Edwards’ Criminal Rule 3.190(c)(4) motion and dismissed a criminal charge brought under section 934.03(l)(a), Florida Statutes. Although the order does not elaborate upon the trial court’s reasoning, it seems that the court agreed with the argument that although Edwards had tape recorded certain statements made by his superiors at work, these statements did not constitute “oral statements” within the purview of section 934.03, since the superiors actually set up a meeting because they suspected Edwards was attempting to tape record their…