Facebook Messages And Hearsay Evidence Paper

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The case I found discussed the authentication of Facebook messages and hearsay evidence (Brown, 2013). The case of Smith v. State involved the admission of Facebook messages between the defendant and his wife (Brown, 2013). He was charged with the murder of his stepdaughters who was only one and a half years old (Brown, 2013). The prosecution was granted permission to use messages from Facebook as evidence against the defendant (Brown, 2013). “The court ultimately found the messages to have been properly admitted” since his wife state the messages were indeed between her and her husband (Brown, 2013, para. 1). The defendant attempted to say the messages were no more than hearsay and not authentic (Brown, 2013). Only the wife’s statements were