{"id":700,"date":"2018-09-11T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T15:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatersexcrimeslawyer.com\/?p=258"},"modified":"2026-01-31T13:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T18:01:16","slug":"florida-appeals-court-allows-jail-phone-call-evidence-to-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/florida-appeals-court-allows-jail-phone-call-evidence-to-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Appeals Court Allows Jail Phone Call Evidence to Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are specific laws regarding what evidence prosecutors are allowed to use to prove their case in court. As will be discussed in more detail below, the state can present relevant evidence as long as its probative value is not outweighed by the prejudicial effects on the defendant.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, a man was charged with conspiracy to commit the felony of tampering with a victim. Originally, the defendant was charged with lewd or lascivious molestation. While he was in jail on those charges he called his former girlfriend (and co-defendant). The phone call was recorded. At the beginning of all calls from the jail there is a recording stating that calls are recorded and subject to monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>In this recording, the defendant is heard asking his former girlfriend to talk to the victim and her mother. He also is heard saying that she should tell the police that the phone was stolen and he did not have it at the relevant time, even though he mentioned that the ex-girlfriend was currently in possession of the phone. The original 17 minute phone call was redacted down to seven minutes for the jury to hear. There was no mention of the underlying Florida sex crime charges in the recording that they heard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/florida-appeals-court-allows-jail-phone-call-evidence-to-stand\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Florida Appeals Court Allows Jail Phone Call Evidence to Stand\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are specific laws regarding what evidence prosecutors are allowed to use to prove their case in court. As will be discussed in more detail below, the state can present relevant evidence as long as its probative value is not outweighed by the prejudicial effects on the defendant. In this case, a man was charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sex-crimes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can Jail Phone Call Evidence Stand Change Your Case?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jury rules can shape the outcome. A criminal charge case can hinge on jail phone call stand. See how this ruling your defense. 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