FSN: Forensic Science News » LinkedIn 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 How To Find the Right Phoenix DUI Attorney http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/finding-the-right-phoenix-dui-attorney/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/finding-the-right-phoenix-dui-attorney/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:28:12 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=952

Part of my practice as a DUI expert witness involves working with Phoenix DUI attorneys.  Everything from case reviews, to helping write reports detailing the strengths and weaknesses of the prosecutor and defense attorney’s cases, to expert witness DUI testimony. Regardless of how skilled and knowledgeable your criminal defense attorney is in DUI

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/felony-sale-of-skittles/feed/ 0 Fitting the crime: Focus more on rapists than crack residue http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/fitting-the-crime-focus-more-on-rapists-than-crack-residue/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/fitting-the-crime-focus-more-on-rapists-than-crack-residue/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:00:22 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=916 The Houston Chronicle, a popular source for information about the infamous Houston PD crime lab, just ran an op-ed piece on changes in policy at the Harris County Prosecutor’s Office.

What can you do with one molecule of crack? Nothing, really. It won’t get you high, and you can’t sell it. Heck: You can’t

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/fitting-the-crime-focus-more-on-rapists-than-crack-residue/feed/ 1 Cops Fight to Keep Control of Crime Lab http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/cops-fight-to-keep-control-of-crime-lab/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/cops-fight-to-keep-control-of-crime-lab/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:00:06 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=913 Even after the report by the National Academy of Sciences recommending that forensic labs be independent of police and prosecutor’s offices, those groups still fight to give not give up control (and thereby influence the results of forensic analysis) of crime labs.

D.C.‘s top forensic scientist has been transferred out of the police department

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A former chemist with Erie County’s crime laboratory admitted she failed to conduct the proper forensic tests in a local drug

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A police officer rushes up to the fingerprint examiner and pleads for help.

The suspect

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A report released by Inspector General Joseph Fisch found that not only was State Police forensic scientist Garry L. Veeder performing defective tests between 1993 and 2008, but that his supervisors either failed or

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/another-case-for-independent-laboratory-re-analysis/feed/ 0 Shootout with Police Ended by Armed Citizen http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/shootout-with-police-ended-by-armed-citizen/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/shootout-with-police-ended-by-armed-citizen/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:00:21 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=888 Aside from the other-the-top narration, this “Tru TV” video shows exactly why citizens have to be ready and able to defend themselves, and not rely on police to protect them.

EMBED-Tow Truck Shootout — Watch more free videos

Additional information available on High-Caliber Private Investigations blog.

No

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According to the audit, HPD workers often

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]]> http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/houston-chronicle-houston-pd-crime-lab-idependent-crime-lab/feed/ 0 Colorado Springs Metro Crime Lab Blood Alcohol Results WRONG. http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/colorado-springs-metro-crime-lab-blood-alcohol-results-wrong-independent-crime-lab/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/colorado-springs-metro-crime-lab-blood-alcohol-results-wrong-independent-crime-lab/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:00:31 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=883 Numerous news sources in Colorado are reporting about a series of erroneously high blood alcohol results in DUI cases that were reported by the crime lab. The Colorado Gazette published the following:

Prosecutors have begun contacting lawyers for 82 defendants whose drunken driving charges were based in part upon incorrect blood alcohol tests

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Originally posted on AZCentral.com.

Adam Stoddard is out of jail.

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Detention

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But today’s announcement that Donahoe now faces felony charges —

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A Houston Police Department official confirmed Wednesday that a criminal investigation is under way into alleged wrongdoing at HPD’s fingerprinting comparison unit, which is under

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The department said it identified several problems including insufficient staffing, lack of proper supervisory review, inadequate quality control/quality assurance protocols, technical competence inconsistent with industry standards, insufficient training

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MCSO spokesperson Douglas Matteson said Detention Officer Adam Stoddard self-surrendered at approximately 6 p.m. Tuesday and is now in a MCSO jail.

A judge had ordered Stoddard to apologize to a Phoenix attorney Monday night to avoid jail time, but he

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A plan to fund school bus inspections with $900,000 from the state police crime lab budget is “like

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Breathalyzers are calibrated with a special solution created by the state toxicology lab.

Two years ago, when it was discovered the lab manager

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The link allows examiners at the crime lab to testify without leaving their office.

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A government report released Tuesday found that essential DNA evidence in rape cases is often never sent to crime labs for testing. But what our investigation also found is that even when police departments do send

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DEFENSE COUNSEL’S FAILURE TO SUBMIT EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE TO HIS OWN EXPERT BECAUSE THE STATE’S INVESTIGATING OFFICER TOLD HIM THE EVIDENCE WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL WAS UNREASONABLE; THE PANEL’S CONTRARY RULING REQUIRES

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