In this database, the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law has assembled reported decisions, chiefly by appellate courts, that discuss the admissibility of expert testimony regarding firearms, fingerprint, and shoeprint evidence. This database digests reported judicial rulings regarding that type of proffered expert testimony.
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New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony
This week, the Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law announced the launch of a new public resource: the Forensic Expert Evidence Database, a searchable collection of court decisions addressing when and how forensic expert testimony is admitted in criminal cases. The database brings together reported decisions from courts across all fifty states …
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2025 Forensic Trial Litigation CLE at Duke Law
Pre-recorded lectures: 2 hrs February 7: 2 pm to 5 pm (2.5 hrs.) February 8: 9 am to 12 pm, 2 pm to 5 pm (5 hrs.) Total CLE Hours: 2 hrs prerecorded + 7.5 hrs in person = 9.5 hrs(Each three hour in-person session will include two 15 min. breaks) Forensic evidence, from DNA …
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State v. Holder, 295 N.C. App. 439 (2024) (unpub)
A police officer employed a widely accepted technique to examine fingerprints and sufficiently explained his how he reached his conclusions or applied the method to the facts.
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2024 Forensic Trial Litigation CLE at Duke Law
Pre-recorded lectures: 2 hrs February 2: 2 pm to 5 pm (2.5 hrs.) February 3: 9 am to 12 pm, 2 pm to 5 pm (5 hrs.) Total CLE Hours: 2 hrs prerecorded + 7.5 hrs in person = 9.5 hrs(Each three hour in-person session will include two 15 min. breaks) Forensic evidence, from DNA to fingerprints …
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2023 Forensic Trial Litigation CLE at Duke Law
February 24 (2 pm to 5 pm) and February 25 (9 am to 12 pm, 2 pm to 5 pm) (and 2 hours prerecorded) Forensic evidence, from DNA to fingerprints to ballistics, has never been more important in criminal cases. Actually litigating scientific evidence in the courtroom can be challenging and requires some specialized skills. A …
State v. Graham, 882 S.E.2d 719 (2023)
Error to admit CMPD expert testimony regarding fingerprint evidence where testimony lacked detail about methodology used and failed to demonstrate reliable application of his procedure to the facts.