State v. Jones vs. State v. Moore — The Exact Line Between Admissible and Excluded Surveillance Footage

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Two North Carolina rulings draw the precise boundary. In Moore, an officer’s cell-phone video of store surveillance was excluded because the original system was never authenticated. In Jones, original footage with proper foundation was admitted. The pair functions as a working checklist for what counts as authentication.

UNC School of Government — NC Criminal Law

March 2024

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Outcome on Record

State v. Jones, 288 N.C. App. 175 (2023) · State v. Moore, 254 N.C. App. 544 (2017)

Reference: https://nccriminallaw.sog.unc.edu/2024/03/25/surveillance-video-when-it-comes-in-and-when-it-doesnt/

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