Admissibility of Text Messages

In today’s world, we text. We text a lot! In many instances, we text more than we e-mail or talk on the phone to a specific person. At trial, no different than letters or e-mails, texts need to be authenticated for purposes of admissibility. If you want to use text messages at trial, you need to authenticate those texts. In Walker v. Harley-Anderson, 45 Fla. L. Weekly D2116a (Fla. 4th DCA 2020), the sole issue in this appeal was the admissibility of text messages. This case involved an injunction to prevent stalking. The petitioner moving for the injunction claimed the respondent...