People v. Abner

Defendant appeals from judgment, after trial without a jury, convicting him of 11 crimes.

Questions Presented

1. Did the fingerprint expert’s inability to enumerate 12 points of similarity between defendant’s admitted fingerprints and those found at the scenes of the crimes deny defendant the right of fair cross-examination ?

2. Sufficiency of the identification of defendant and alleged improbability of testimony of a witness.

Record

It is defendant’s contention that the fingerprint expert’s testimony must be disregarded and that without it the evidence connecting defendant with the crimes is…