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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Jones finds the trial court properly granted the jury full access to the calls between the victim of sexual assault and the assailant. A criminal court may give a jury unrestricted access to recorded telephone calls between the victim and their assailant in which the assailant admits to criminal activity. The calls are not victim testimony, but are more similar to police interviews of a criminal defendant that are always available in full to a jury. Meanwhile, defendant's conviction and sentence for human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude did not violate his equal protection rights. Although he was convicted of lesser offenses at the same time, the conduct in his human trafficking charge was separate and more involved than that required for the lesser felonies. Affirmed.