NLADA: Defender Legal Services - Forensic Science Resources

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Forensics Library

Fingerprints

Fingerprint Court Opinions

U.S. v. Mitchell

	*Habeas Ruling Habeas ruling finding harmless IAC for not seeking to call defense experts on validity of latent print identification [ 05/21/07 \| Submitter: E.D. Pa. \| more info ]
	Third Circuit Opinion Upholds admissiblity of fingerprint evidence under Daubert. Also upholds defendants right to call counter-experts to testify at trial. [ 04/29/04 \| Submitter: Third Circuit Court of Appeals \| more info ]
	*3rd Circuit Brief Appeal brief to 3rd Circuit, raising (1) admission of fingerprint evidence; (2) exclusion of defense experts; (3) judicial notice of uniqueness of fingerprint fragments; (4) Brady violation regarding NIJ Solicitation [ 03/27/03 \| Submitter: Robert Epstein \| more info ]
	*DRAFT 3rd Circuit Brief Longer, draft version of 3rd Circuit brief, containing fuller discussion. This version was NOT submitted. [ 10/01/02 \| Submitter: Robert Epstein \| more info ]
	GOVERNMENT�S POST-DAUBERT HEARING MEMORANDUM Government's memorandum to the court following the historic 5-day Daubert hearing on the admissibility of forensic fingerprint evidence and the testimony of its critics. [ 09/02/99 \| Submitter: Paul Sarmousakis \| more info ]
	Government's Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law Submitted following Daubert hearing [ 09/01/99 \| Submitter: Paul Sarmousakis \| more info ]
	*Defense Post-Hearing Motion to Exclude Fingerprint Evidence 70+ pgs. Defense's post-Daubert hearing brief following historic 5-day Daubert hearing. [ 09/01/99 \| Submitter: Robert Epstein \| more info ]
	*Testimony of Simon Cole, Pat Wertheim, and Bruce Budowle Defense witness: Simon Cole was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Rutgers University. Rebuttal witnesses: Wertheim is a latent print examiner. Budowles is a Ph.D. DNA analyst for the FBI. [ 07/13/99 \| Submitter: SC \| more info ]
	*Testimony of Marilyn Peterson, David Stoney, and James Starrs Defense witnesses: Peterson, an investigator for the Defender Association of Philadelphia, testifies about a survey of point standards at U.S. police agencies. Stoney has a Ph.D. in Forensic Sciecne from University of California, Berkeley and is ... [ 07/12/99 \| Submitter: SC \| more info/full abstract ]
	*Testimony of Stephen Meagher, Donald Ziesig and Bruce Budowle Meagher (latent print supervisor, FBI) and Ziesig (engineer, Lockheed Martin) testify about the "50K X 50K Study." Budowle is a DNA analyst for the FBI. [ 07/09/99 \| Submitter: RS \| more info ]
	Testimony of Ed German and Stephen Meagher German is a latent print examiner for the U.S. Army. Meagher is a latent print supervisor for the FBI. [ 07/08/99 \| Submitter: SC \| more info ]
	Testimony of William Babler and David Ashbaugh Babler is an Anatomy Professor at Marquette University. Ashbaugh is a Sergeant in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and author of Qualitative-Quantitative Friction Ridge Analysis. [ 07/07/99 \| Submitter: SC \| more info ]
	*Def Pre-Hearing Memo of Law in Support Motion to Exclude F'print Pre-Daubert hearing motion to exclude fingerprint evidence. The ur-brief from which all other such briefs derive. [ 06/01/99 \| Submitter: Robert Epstein \| more info ]
	GOVERNMENT�S COMBINED REPORT TO THE COURT AND MOTION IN LIMINE The government's motion to exclude the testimony of Professor James Starrs concerning the limitation of forensic fingerprint evidence [ 03/29/99 \| Submitter: Paul Sarmousakis \| more info ]

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