Forensic evidence in court: a case study approach
β Scribed by Grant, Edward R.; Lissitzyn, Christine Beck
- Publisher
- Carolina Academic Press
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 334
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
The text will cover the use of forensic evidence at trial through expert testimony as well as court challenges to many types of forensic evidence. The case study is the 1973 murder of Penney Serra in New Haven, Ct., which remained a cold case until 1997, when Ed Grant was identified based on a fingerprint match and subsequently convicted. The text examines forensic evidence in the Grant trial, including fingerprint, Read more...
Abstract: The text will cover the use of forensic evidence at trial through expert testimony as well as court challenges to many types of forensic evidence. The case study is the 1973 murder of Penney Serra in New Haven, Ct., which remained a cold case until 1997, when Ed Grant was identified based on a fingerprint match and subsequently convicted. The text examines forensic evidence in the Grant trial, including fingerprint, DNA, blood spatter and eyewitness identification. It also examines trial strategy, handwriting testimony, polygraph, and exonerations based on newly-discovered DNA
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: The case study : State v. Grant --
What is forensic evidence? --
From collecting forensic evidence to trial --
The rules of evidence --
The general acceptance rule and the Daubert case --
The scientific method and forensic evidence --
Fingerprints --
DNA --
Eyewitness identifications --
Blood spatter analysis --
Handwriting analysis --
Polygraph testimony --
DNA and its role in exonerations --
Closing statements, jury instructions, verdict and appeal --
The judge, the jury, and forensic evidence.
β¦ Subjects
Evidence, Expert;United States.;Forensic sciences;United States.;Evidence, Criminal;United States.;Grant, Edward R.,;1943?-;Trials, litigation, etc.;Trials (Murder);Connecticut;New Haven.;Grant, Edward R.,;1943?-;Evidence, Criminal.;Evidence, Expert.;Forensic sciences.;Trials.;Trials (Murder);Connecticut;New Haven.;United States.
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