Legal Opinion
United States of America Government of the Virgin Islands v. Edwin Velasquez
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 6, 1995No. 93-7236PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROTH, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, defendant, Edwin Velasquez, challenges the district court’s exclusion of the expert witness he proffered to testify on his behalf on the subject of handwriting analysis and the lack of standards in that field of expertise. Velasquez was convicted on six counts of drug related offenses, including Count VIII, engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. He appeals only his conviction on Count VIII.
At Velasquez’s criminal trial, the Government relied upon a handwriting expert, Lynn Bonjour, to link two of Velasquez’s accomplices to certain…
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