Technology & Science
May 12, 2001
Courts Offer Conflicting Rulings On What Constitutes Videotape
The California Supreme Court recently overlooked a chance to dispense justice. The high court refused to direct publication of a Court of Appeal opinion that reversed a criminal conviction by holding, among other things, that an audiotape is not a videotape. Then the justices dismissed review in, and refused to consider, another case that upheld a conviction on the theory that an audiotape and a videotape are the same thing.
The California Supreme Court recently overlooked a chance to dispense justice. The high court refused to direct publication of a Court of Appeal opinion that reversed a criminal conviction by holding, among other things, that an audiotape is not a videotape. Then the justices dismissed review in,...
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