America's Least Funny Home Videos: A Critique of the Kephart v. State Authentication Standard for Videotape Evidence

Authors

Stephen Jeffrey Chapman

Publication Date

10-1-1996

Document Type

Note

Abstract

This note will analyze the evidentiary standard for third-party or self-made videotapes promulgated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Kephart, discuss evidentiary standards applied to similar types of evidence by other courts, and demonstrate that third-party or self-made videotape evidence requires a different authentication standard than does videotape evidence recorded under police or private business surveillance.

DOI

10.37419/TWLR.V3.I1.3

First Page

71

Last Page

89

Recommended Citation

Stephen J. Chapman, America's Least Funny Home Videos: A Critique of the Kephart v. State Authentication Standard for Videotape Evidence, 3 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 71 (1996).
Available at: https://doi.org/10.37419/TWLR.V3.I1.3