FSN: Forensic Science News » Case Anecdotes http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Case Story : Aim High http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/military-criminal-defense-attorney-aim-high-us-serviceman-shooting/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/military-criminal-defense-attorney-aim-high-us-serviceman-shooting/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:00:56 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=782 Military criminal defense attorneys contacted me to aide in the defense of a US serviceman who was charged with committing a drive-by shooting. I reviewed the case material, and said I didn’t think I would be able to help much, because the evidence I needed to examine had been destroyed when the

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/military-criminal-defense-attorney-aim-high-us-serviceman-shooting/feed/ 0 Air Rifle Homicide http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/air-rifle-homicide/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/air-rifle-homicide/#comments Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:41:56 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=459 A criminal defense attorney asked me to look into a homicide a few months ago that involved an air rifle as the murder weapon.

The state contended that the defendant shot the victim in an apartment, put their body into a car, and torched it. Then hid/disposed of the air rifle.

The defense theory

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The case hadn’t been investigated by the state yet, so I was the first scientist to examine the evidence. During the course of the examination, I made some observations that were not easy to explain. Luckily, I

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