After many years of leading and relying upon image-based evidence in the courtroom, teaching international imagery law in several countries, and recently being awarded a PhD from Leiden University in…
The Search for the Truth in Open Source Evidence: Challenges, Limitations, and Opportunities
Open source image-based evidence is a key source of potentially valuable evidence in international and national criminal investigations and prosecutions. However, there are significant challenges and limitations involved in the…
Image Annotations and the Courtroom
When is it permissible to include annotations on images presented as evidence in court? Are there limits to the types of annotations that are permitted? How can you make a…
Recent American Cases on Image Interpretation
Several times a year I conduct a comprehensive search of recent reported case law on topics related to video evidence, forensic video analysis, and pertinent expert witness testimony issues. This…
Recent Canadian Cases on Image Interpretation
Several times a year I conduct a comprehensive search of recent reported case law on topics related to video evidence, forensic video analysis, and pertinent expert witness testimony issues. This…
Frame by Frame Analysis and the Use of Spotlighting Accepted in Murder Prosecution
In R. v. Ahmed, 2021 ONSC 2141 (Ontario Superior Court of Justice), the defendant was charged with murder arising out of a shooting in an Ottawa nightclub. He admitted shooting the…
California Court of Appeal Rules Upon the Propriety of Forensic Video Analysis Techniques Utilized by Expert
The California Court of Appeal recently had occasion to review certain forensic video analysis techniques employed by a forensic expert for the purpose of determining whether they were properly admitted…
Interpreting Video Images: Can You “Say What You See”?
In the 2018 Ewan McGregor movie Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh plays a game he calls “Say what you see,” in which he looks out and says what he sees. None…
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