Opinion ID: 1755457
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Cox Communications Records

Text: Christopher Paterson was responsible for the care of records at Cox Communications (Cox) and was responsible for subpoena fulfillment. Paterson testified that for a subscriber to obtain telephone service from Cox, the company would enter the subscriber's name and address into the billing system. A credit check would be performed, and then a technician would go out and install telephone service. The subscriber's information would be permanently stored in the Cox billing system. Paterson testified that the creation of subscriber information was performed by customer service representatives at the time it was received from the subscriber, was a part of the regular course of Cox's business, and was done continuously by Cox. Cox also kept records of every telephone call, incoming or outgoing, placed by every telephone number. The record was made by the computer system at the time of the telephone call and included the date, time, and length of the call. When Paterson received a request for subscriber information for a particular number, he would look in the billing system and input the telephone number, and the system would return information on anyone who had ever had that telephone number. Exhibits 88 through 91 were printouts of such data, returned in response to requests for information from the State. Exhibits 88 and 89 were records of incoming and outgoing telephone calls for Newte's home telephone number on February 24 and 25, 2003. Exhibits 90 and 91 were records for Parisee and the victim's home telephone number for February 24 to 28. The defendant's hearsay and foundation objections were overruled, and the exhibits were received.