(1) “Writings” and “recordings” include letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photography, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation, upon paper, wood, stone, recording tape, or other materials.
(2) “Photographs” include still photographs, X-ray films, videotapes, and motion pictures.
(3) An “original” of a writing or recording means the writing or recording itself, or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it. An “original” of a photograph includes the negative or any print made from it. If data are stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight and shown to reflect the data accurately is an “original.”
(4) “Duplicate” includes:
(a) A counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, from the same matrix; by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures; by mechanical or electronic rerecording; by chemical reproduction; or by other equivalent technique that accurately reproduces the original; or
(b) An executed carbon copy not intended by the parties to be an original.
...as assistant state attorney, had delivered document to prosecutor during previous trial and was supervisor of division that prosecuted defendant). [6] Photographic evidence consists of still photographs, X-ray films, videotapes, and motion pictures. § 90.951(2) Fla....
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 28, 2002 | Docket: 1654794
Cited 7 times | Published
..."The rule governing admissibility into evidence of photographs applies with equal force to the admission of motion pictures and video tapes. Grant v. State, *536 171 So.2d 361 (Fla.1965)." Paramore v. State, 229 So.2d 855, 859 (Fla.1969), vacated as to sentence only, 408 U.S. 935, 92 S.Ct. 2857, 33 L.Ed.2d 751 (1972); see § 90.951(2), Fla....
...A duplicate is defined as: A counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, from the same matrix; by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures; by mechanical or electronic rerecording; by chemical reproduction; or by equivalent technique that accurately reproduces the original.... § 90.951(4)(a), Fla....
District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 27, 1997 | Docket: 1219087
Cited 5 times | Published
...a genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the original"), 1004 (carving out another exception to the general rule by deeming admissible "other evidence of the contents of a ... photograph" when the party against whom the photograph will be offered is under the control of the original); Fla. Stat. § 90.951-.954 (essentially the same as the above-recited federal rules)....
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Jan 29, 1992 | Docket: 1358972
Cited 2 times | Published
...[5] However, it is well settled that a trial judge can be right for the wrong reason. Applegate v. Barnett Bank, 377 So.2d 1150 (Fla. 1950). WAIVER OF DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY A "FAX" and a photocopy are duplicates of the original "writings" and "recordings." § 90.951(4)(a), Fla....
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Dec 30, 2009 | Docket: 2533306
Cited 1 times | Published
...We disagree. Section 90.953 provides that duplicates are admissible "to the same extent as an original" unless a genuine question is raised about the authenticity of the original or it would be unfair under the circumstances to admit the duplicates. Section 90.951(4)(a) defines a duplicate as: "A counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, from the same matrix; by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures...." (emphasis added)....
District Court of Appeal of Florida | Filed: Feb 16, 1982 | Docket: 64587978
Published
promissory notes are not duplicates as defined by Section 90.951(4), Florida Statutes (1981). See Law Revision
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