article_snippet: Whether or not the taped words of an accused person will be admissible against an accused person involves a look at the rules of evidence and the Constitution, as well as our fast-evolving ideas about privacy.
article_snippet: It really just means a witness can't testify at trial about someone else's version of the facts.
article_snippet: The rules of the U.S. Constitution are a different matter.
article_snippet: Voluntariness is not an issue when admissions are made to a private person, such as a journalist.
article_snippet: Sometimes law enforcement exercises so much control over a civilian that his private actions become police action, constitutionally speaking.
article_snippet: Not in our modern world, and not in this case.
article_snippet: Perhaps in decades past, a court might be offended at an audio recording of someone in the bathroom, but things have changed.