R -v- David Harold Eastman
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R -v- David Harold Eastman. - 1995 - Australian Supreme Court, Canberra
Linguist(s) involved
Dr Hermann Kunzel and Dr Angelika Braun, Speaker Identification and Tape Authentication Section of the German Federal Police - for the prosecution.
Dr Peter French, JP French Associates - Instructed by Director of Public Prosecutions, Australian Capital Territory.
Dr Andrew Butcher, Mr CMF Mills for the defence.
Type of analysis
Analysis of covert tapes.
Summary of case
Following the murder of a senior police officer covert surveillance of a suspect produced poor quality tapes. These tapes were enhanced and competing transcripts produced for the trial and appeal.
Linguistic evidence
Four competing transcripts were presented to the courts and compared. The appeal in part on the basis of the poor quality of the tapes was dismissed by the Canberra Supreme Court.
Academic references
None known.
Web links
Court judgement: http://judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/1997/FD008390.htm
