Expert Testimony on Fingerprints: An Internet Exchange

Authors

Richard Friedman
D.H. Kaye
Jennifer Mnookin
Dale Nance, Case Western University School of LawFollow
Michael Saks

Abstract

In United States v. Llera Plaza, 188 F. Supp. 2d 549 (E.D. Pa. 2002), a federal district initially limited expert opinion testimony on fingerprint identifications because the government was unable to show that such identifications were sufficiently valid and reliable under Federal Rule of Evidence 702. Then, the court withdrew the opinion. This article reproduces an exchange of notes on the initial opinion submitted by five law professors.

Keywords

Expert Testimony, Fingerprints

Publication Date

2002

Document Type

Article

Place of Original Publication

Jurimetrics

Publication Information

43 Jurimetrics 91 (2002)

Repository Citation

Friedman, Richard; Kaye, D.H.; Mnookin, Jennifer; Nance, Dale; and Saks, Michael, "Expert Testimony on Fingerprints: An Internet Exchange" (2002). Faculty Publications. 1056.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/faculty_publications/1056