A man convicted of sexually abusing his stepdaughter should receive a new trial because of the improper use of secret recordings made by the alleged victim, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The unanimous ruling found that the recordings should not have been admitted as evidence in the trial of Richard R. McDade, who was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty by a Lee County jury on five charges, including two counts of sexual battery on a child younger than 12.
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