Rodriguez v. State

RIDGELY, Justice:

Defendant-Below/Appellant, Victor Rodriguez, appeals from his convictions in Superior Court for Reckless Burning, Burglary in the Third Degree, two counts of Criminal Trespass in the Third Degree, and three counts of Arson in the Second Degree. At issue is the trial judge’s decision allowing a latent fingerprint examiner, who had also been trained in tire track and shoeprint analyses, to testify as an expert that boot and tire tracks at arson scenes were consistent with Rodriguez’s boot and the tire on his mountain bike. The trial judge found the examiner to be qualified by…