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A hierarchy of expert performance (HEP) applied to digital forensics: Reliability and biasability in digital forensics decision making
Defending IEEE Software Standards in Federal Criminal Court
June 2021 article by Marc Canellas. IEEE’s 1012 Standard for independent software and hardware verification and validation (IV&V) is under attack in U.S. federal criminal court. As software spreads through the criminal legal system, scientists, engineers, and IEEE have an essential role in ensuring courts understand and respect IEEE 1012 and IV&V. If not, courts …
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Reading Medical Records – Free Webinar
Offered by Godoy Medical Forensics
A preparatory guide for court prepared for DNA examiners by STRmix
This document responds to the DNA Mixture Interpretation: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review (draft) document from June 2021. STRmix prepared this document as guidance for STRmix users who may encounter the NIST review in the court setting.
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Course: Exploiting Forensic Evidence’s Tenuous Link to Science
October 18 – December 17, 2021Price $275REGISTRATION DEADLINE – October 15 at NOON Apply for Scholarship Here – Deadline October 4th The Weekly 90 minute Small Group meeting will be onThursdays at 3 pm Eastern / Noon Pacific. No class meeting on 11/25/21. Time expectations for this course per week are Watching course videos, doing readings and assignments …
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Autopsy of a Crime Lab: Exposing the Flaws in Forensics
Recorded webinar available for CLE credit
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The Probabilistic Genotyping Software STRmix: Utility and Evidence for its Validity
By: John S. Buckleton, D.Sc.; Jo-Anne Bright, Ph.D.; Simone Gittelson, Ph.D.; Tamyra R. Moretti, Ph.D.; Anthony J. Onorato, M.C.I.M., M.S.F.S.; Frederick R. Bieber, Ph.D.; Bruce Budowle, Ph.D.; and Duncan A. Taylor, Ph.D.
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United States v. Gissantaner, 990 F.3d 457 (6th Cir. 2021).
State v. Martin (unpub)(2021)
A NC State Crime Lab drug chemistry expert testified to GCMS results without explaining methodology, the reliability of methodology, or the application of method to facts of the case as required by Rule of Evidence 702. It was error to admit the expert’s testimony, but the issue was not preserved and the Court of Appeals …
State v. Teesateskie (2021)
The defendant also argued on appeal that the trial court should not have allowed the State’s expert to testify as to possible reasons why Hydrocodone did not show up in the defendant’s blood test, because that testimony violated Rule 702 in that it was not based on scientific or technical knowledge, was impermissibly based on …
The effect of contextual information on decision-making in forensic toxicology
This study investigates the effects of contextual information on forensic toxicology testing and analysis. By Hilary J. Hamlett & Itiel E. Dror
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State v. Hills (N.C. Ct. App. 2021)
State v. Moore, 859 S.E.2d 649 (2021) (unpub)
Once the trial court determine that the expert meets the minimum qualifications to testify as an expert, deviations from the method go to the weight of the expert’s testimony, not its admissibility. Referenced State v. Hudson, 218 N.C. App. 457 (2012)(unpub).
United States v. Adams, 444 F. Supp.3d 1248 (D. Or. 2020).
After applying Daubert, the court concluded that the expert testimony in the case should be limited because the conclusions were not supported by a quantifiable or replicable scientific process.
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