Opinion About a Voice is covered under which rule?

• A. Rule 901. (b)(5)
• B. Rule 901. (b)(3)
• C. Rule 901. (a)
• D. Rule 805

Answer: (A)

The key idea is how to authenticate a voice on a recording. A witness who is familiar with a person’s voice can identify that voice on the recording, and that identification authenticates the recording as showing that person speaking. This specific method of authentication is described in Rule 901(b)(5) as voice identification. So, an eyewitness who has heard the person speak before can testify, “the voice on this recording is of the defendant,” and that testimony is enough to admit the recording as evidence.

The other options don’t fit because one points to the general authentication framework, not the particular way to prove a voice identity, and the remaining choice relates to hearsay rules rather than authentication of a voice.