Live webinar presented by Josh Wright
Apr. 6, 2023, 12:30 pm
90 min of CLE credit anticipated
This program is the third in a series of 4 webinars focused on issues related to firearms evidence. Josh Wright will provide a basic primer on the mechanics of a gun firing a bullet. He will describe the markings that a firearm makes on the projectile and cartridge case. He will cover the difference between class, sub-class and individual characteristics and how examiners distinguish them. Additionally, he will discuss assumptions made by firearm examiners and how the defense can use these assumptions in challenges to expert testimony. Finally, he will help attorneys determine when expert assistance is needed in firearms cases.
Registration:
This program is part of the 2023 IDS Forensic Science Education Series. The webinars will be presented monthly and are free to attend. Attorneys who want CLE credit for attending will be billed $3.50 per credit hour by the State Bar. Use this link to register for all webinars in the series and attend any that are of interest.
Presenter:
Joshua A. Wright
Josh Wright is an expert witness in the area of Forensic Ballistics and Firearm & Tool Mark Identification. His expertise includes muzzle to target distance determination, gunshot residues (GSR), firearm examination to determine operability and safety, comparison of fired ammunition components to known evidence, and crime scene/shooting reconstruction to include number of shots and firearms fired, shooter location, cartridge case ejection pattern, trajectory, and ricochet. Mr. Wright has a particularly developed eye as it pertains to the comparison microscope and uses a certified comparison microscope for all comparisons. He is proficiency tested yearly in the area of bullet and cartridge case comparisons. Prior to owning and operating Wright Forensic Consulting, he was employed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) as a Forensic Expert in the Firearms section of the laboratory. Since earning a degree in Criminology, he has been employed in his field and has obtained a wide array of exposure in many areas of evidence examination including evidence collection and tracking, crime scene investigation, photography, latent, tool mark impressions and ballistics.