A poor quality covert recording with over 300 inaudible passages is admissible where parts can be heard and deciphered, and a transcript prepared by an officer who listened to the enhanced recording between 40 and 60 times is admissible as an aid to the jury, provided adequate directions are given that the evidence is the recording, not the transcript.
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