[DustyMoment]

Thanks harpu for some good information about the laws. However, it is my opinion that the reccording becomes inadmissible when it is used as prima facia evidence of a crime when that recording was not obtained with either a warrant or the suspect's prior approval.

If those 2 officers had not obtained a warrant from a judge allowing them to tape the conversation without Bryant's knowledge, I don't think it can be used as evidence in the trial. And, since Bryant wasn't Mirandized and didn't consent to a recorded interview, I just don't believe that the tape can be used as evidence.

IMO, the judge has to suppress it.

[harpu]

"...suspect's prior approval." He's not a suspect until he is so notified. Until then, he is only a source for 'fact finding'.