America\u27s Least Funny Home Videos: A Critique of the Kephart v. State Authentication Standard for Videotape Evidence

This note will analyze the evidentiary standard for third-party or self-made videotapes promulgated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Kephart, discuss evidentiary standards applied to similar types of evidence by other courts, and demonstrate that third-party or self-made videotape evidence requires a different authentication standard than does videotape evidence recorded under police or private business surveillance