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Criminal Evidence and Criminal ProcedureName:Institutional affiliationAdmissibility of Recorded EvidenceVideos, audio recordings and photographs are very useful in court since they provide extra information, which would be otherwise difficult to explain verbally or in writing or would be easily omitted (Crime-scene-investigator.net, 2015). The admissibility of, photograph, video, audio recording evidence in court is however very confusing and usually lies in the hands of the jury.The court has to establish the value of the evidence, and weigh it against the possibility of creating prejudice. The court has also to ensure that the evidence meets certain criteria. For instance, the constitutional freedom of privacy was not violated by the recorder (Mujuzi, 2012, P.425). A telephone conversation of other people recorded secretly without their consent should be rejected by the court. The same applies to videos or photographs taken secretly from private places, without the consent of the other party (Foia.state.gov, 2015). However, it is legal for one to take a recording of a conversation, either video or audio in which he or she is a party. However, for it to be admissible as evidence, it should not create prejudice. The above