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PEOPLE v. KELLY

Docket No. Crim. 19028.

17 Cal.3d 24 (1976)

549 P.2d 1240

130 Cal. Rptr. 144

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT EMMETT KELLY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul Caruso, Robert E. Baron and Peter Brown for Defendant and Appellant.

Kenneth R. Thomas, Stephen J. Heiser, Singer & Osterhoudt, Robert L. Moran and William F. Urich as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Bernard A. Delaney, Conrad D. Petermann, Karl J. Phaler and John W. Carney, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

In this case we examine the new and emerging technique of speaker identification by spectrographic analysis, commonly described as "voiceprint." Particularly we inquire whether it has achieved that degree of general scientific acceptance as a reliable identification device which will permit the introduction of voiceprint evidence in California courts.

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