Opinion ID: 386012
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: claim of ferrara

Text: 51 Ferrara claims that the court erred in admitting against him the testimony of Milton Freedman regarding telephone conversations with a person named Corky in which Freedman arranged cash purchases of airline tickets at a discount. He argues that the conversations were not authenticated as prescribed by Rule 901, Fed.R.Evid. 8 The claim is meritless. 52 The phone number called by Freedman was listed in the name of Ferrara's wife at their residence. At trial Freedman identified Ferrara as Corky and further testified to meeting Ferrara, known as Corky, at Kennedy Airport where Freedman paid him for the tickets. Thereafter he arranged further purchases of tickets by telephone with Ferrara in the same manner, mailing money to Ferrara and receiving airline tickets in return. 53 This authentication of Ferrara's voice was adequate. The illustrations in Rule 901(b)(6) are just that, illustrations, and not limitations on methods of identification that may be used.