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Fingerprint expert can't testify about peer's review (access required)

By: dmc-admin
Published: January 28, 2008

A fingerprint expert's testimony about a peer's review of his findings is hearsay, the New Hampshire Supreme Court has ruled. The defendant was convicted on three counts of arson. At trial, a state fingerprint expert testified he conducted a forensic analysis, known as "ACE-V," which included four steps: analysis, comparison, evaluation and verification. However, the final ...
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