Legal Opinion
United States v. Havvard
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided October 5, 2000No. IP00-43-CR-01H/FPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO EXCLUDE OPINION TESTIMONY ON FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION
HAMILTON, District Judge.
Defendant Wade Haward was charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). Before trial, Haward filed a motion in limine seeking to bar the government from offering an expert opinion on whether a latent fingerprint recovered from one of the firearms in question matched Haward’s left index finger. Hav-vard contends that opinion evidence on latent fingerprint- identification does not meet the standards of reliability for…
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