Legal Opinion
Abruquah v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 20, 2023No. 10/22Published
1Opinion of the Court
Kobina Ebo Abruquah v. State of Maryland, No. 10, September Term, 2022. Opinion by Fader, C.J. EVIDENCE – EXPERT EVIDENCE Firearms identification examiner testifying as an expert witness should not have been permitted to offer an unqualified opinion that crime scene bullets and a bullet fragment were fired from the petitioner’s gun. The reports, studies, and testimony presented to the circuit court demonstrate that the firearms identification methodology employed by the examiner in this case can support reliable conclusions that patterns and markings on bullets are consistent or inconsistent…
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- Dorsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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