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U.S. v. Llera-Plaza, No. Cr. No. 98-362-10 (E.D.Pa.) (179 F.Supp.2d 492) (January 7, 2002) (Judge Milton Pollack)

Loaded on Dec. 1, 2001 published in Punch and Jurists December 24, 2001
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Fingerprint Evidence.

Here the Court held that the Government could not use expert testimony to establish a “match” between fingerprints taken at a crime scene and those of the defendant because such testimony was both subjective and unreliable under Daubert.

It is hard to tell where this 49-page decision will lead, or ...

 

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