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Firearms
Cuomo shoots down CoBis to save money (NY)
Two Bullets, One Gun?
By Alyson Grine, Defender Educator, UNC School of Government In State v. Britt, __ N.C. App. __, __ S.E.2d __ (Dec. 6, 2011) the North Carolina Court of Appeals addressed the admissibility of expert testimony regarding firearms and toolmark identification. The facts, in brief: Nancy Britt, a Wake County school teacher, was shot and killed …
Crime scene forensics: How does it work?
This win required a trip to the Legislature (IL)
Judges cautioned against reliance on overstated ballistics testimony
Editorial: Justice finally comes for Tommy Shore
Investigators found evidence Cooper’s gun was fired, but not where it should have been
Judge allows challenged SBI ballistics in murder trial
Attorney for defendant charged with murder seeks to exclude ballistics evidence
Durham plans ballistics lab
Report Backs SBI Ballistics in Pitt Case
Knife and Saw Toolmark Analysis in Bone: A Manual Designed for the Examination of Criminal Mutilation and Dismemberment
by Steven A. Symes, Ph.D. et al. for the U.S. Department of Justice. Available through the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (2010)
National Academy of Sciences Report
See pp. 150-155 for the National Research Counsel’s assessment of the discipline of Toolmark and Firearms Identification.
The Controversy Concerning Gunshot Residues Examinations
by Dennis L. McGuire, M.S., Forensic Magazine – discusses the lack of a uniform standard for GSR analyses based upon validated studies. States that until those studies are completed, “positive determinations of GSR should be seriously scrutinized.”
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