The California Supreme Court accepted on Feb. 21 a challenge to the state’s limits on audio recordings in the courtroom. The law already allows for audio recordings if an official court reporter is unavailable, but only in limited civil, misdemeanor or infraction cases.
“This case presents the following issue: Does the prohibition on electronic recording of certain proceedings in Government Code Section 69957, Subdivision (a) violate the California Constitution when an official court reporter is unavailable and a litigant cannot afford to pay a private court reporter?” the court’s summary of the case reads.
The case was brought by the nonprofit legal organization Family
