Legal Opinion
Reed v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided April 7, 1977No. 655, September Term, 1976PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, C. J.
The concept of spectrography had its genesis in World War II. At that time, the Allied Intelligence Service ideated that if the specific identity of German radio operators could be ascertained the Allies would be able to follow the movement of enemy forces in Europe. Bell Telephone Laboratories was requested to, and did, develop the spectrograph for the purpose of identifying speakers.
According to Dr. Oscar Tosi, 1 spectrography “consists of comparing both aurally and visually spectrograms of a questioned voice and a known voice, and on the basis of similarities to decide whether or not the…
2Cases cited73 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. AshermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
- People v. TobeyMichigan Supreme Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. BrennanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
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