Arkansas judge drops murder charge in Amazon Echo case
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November 30, 2017
BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge has dismissed a murder charge in a case involving evidence gathered by an Amazon Echo smart speaker.
Television station KHOG reports that the prosecutors' request to dismiss a first-degree murder charge against James Andrew Bates was granted Wednesday.
Bates was charged in the November 2015 death of Victor Collins, whose body was found in a hot tub at Bates' home. Prosecutors say they requested the dismissal because the evidence supports more than one reasonable explanation.
The investigation involved recordings from an Amazon Echo smart speaker in Ba...
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