Federal Rule of Evidence 901(b)(5) and comparable State rules allow identification of a person's voice -- they allow identification of a speaker -- by a lay witness who has heard the purported speaker's voice on another occasion.

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2010 by Peter Tillers
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