Jackson v. Catanzariti, 2019 WL 2098991 (U. S. District Court, S.D. Georgia), is a case wherein former prison inmates sued correctional officers for violating their constitutional right to be free…
What Should an Expert do with Information Received that is Contrary to the Proffered Opinion?
Experts rarely work in epistemic silos, out of touch with other experts. Indeed, it is a hallmark of expert evidence that experts are allowed to rely upon and state hearsay evidence…
Website Expands to Include International Law
I would like to update you regarding an interesting new topic that I will be adding to this website. I am now a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Law…
Federal Court Rejects Opinion of Video Expert on Use of Force Due to Expert Exceeding Qualifications
Experts are professionally and ethically bound to limit opinions to their own area of expertise. Despite this clear demarcation, some experts purposely exceed those limits, often to the detriment of their…
Federal Court Rejects Evidence of Forensic Video Analyst as Opinion “Largely Based on Conjecture and Speculation”
In Melton v. Klee, 2019 WL 1315723, the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, considered a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus following the petitioner’s conviction for assault…
Recommendations for Expert Image Comparison Evidence in the United Kingdom in Light of the FSR Regulatory Notice “Image Enhancement and Image Comparison: Provision of Opinion”
Introduction I attended the meeting of the Forensic Digital Media Analysis Working Group, organized and presented by the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences, in Birmingham, UK on October 21, 2019. One…
FSR responds to “Evaluation of the Forensic Science Regulator’s recommendations regarding image comparison evidence”
In my August 26, 2019 article posted on this website, I included the evaluation I conducted of the UK Forensic Science Regulator’s directives to change image comparison evidence in the…
Anonymous Videos Used to Take Children Away from Mother in Child Welfare Trial: Colorado Court of Appeals Weighs in on Authentication
In People In Interest of M.V., 432 P.3d 628, 2018 WL 5988705, the Colorado Court of Appeals was asked to review the decision of a trial judge ordering that a mother’s…
“Evaluation of the Forensic Science Regulator’s recommendations regarding image comparison evidence”
I have recently published an article in the scientific journal Forensic Science International: Synergy. Here is the abstract: Expert image comparison evidence can be a vastly helpful tool in the…
Audio Interview About Digital Video Evidence
The Excellence in Training Academy (excellenceintrainingacademy.com), a resource dedicated to law enforcement training, interviewed me recently on the subject of digital video evidence and some of the issues pertaining to…
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