scientific-methodology
4 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-7828 | John C. Russell v. Patrick Covello, Warden | Ninth Circuit | 2023-06-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | dna-evidence due-process evidence-admissibility generally-accepted novel-methodology pre-trial-hearing reliability scientific-methodology scientific-reliability | Did the trial court violate petitioner's right to due process when it admitted DNA evidence based on a novel methodology without conducting a pre-tria… |
| 21-5301 | Justin Lane Foust v. United States | Tenth Circuit | 2021-08-05 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | daubert daubert-standard expert-testimony federal-rules-of-evidence forensic-evidence general-acceptance handwriting-analysis handwriting-comparison judicial-reliability kumho-tire scientific-methodology | Can the admissibility of expert testimony about the supposed author of a forged writing be upheld on a record that shows little (if anything) more tha… |
| 21-5032 | Paris Poe v. United States | Seventh Circuit | 2021-07-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | daubert daubert-standard evidence evidence-admissibility expert-testimony feature-comparison federal-rules-of-evidence reliability-standard scientific-methodology scientific-reliability subjective-feature-comparison | Whether Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Federal Rule of Evidence 702 require lower courts to properly analyze the admissibility of ev… |
| 18-6954 | Steven Scott Wells v. California | California | 2018-12-07 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standards expert-testimony fingerprint-analysis fingerprint-evidence forensic-evidence judicial-review scientific-methodology | Does a fingerprint expert's testimony that two fingerprints 'match' have any evidentiary value if the expert provides no explanation for that conclusi… |