Legal Opinion
United States v. Byron Mitchell
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 29, 2004No. 02-2859PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Introduction 219
II. Facts and Procedural History. 220
A. The Offense and Mitchell’s First Trial and Appeal. 220
B. Latent Fingerprint Identification and the Daubert Hearing. 220
1. The Field of Latent Fingerprint Identification . 220
2. The Daubert Hearing. 222
a. The Government’s Experts . 222
b. Mitchell's Experts. 226
e. Mitchell’s Exhibits. 228
d. The Government’s Rebuttal Witness. 229
3. The District Court’s Daubert and Judicial Notice Rulings ... 229
C. Mitchell’s Second Trial . 230
1. The Government’s Case. 230
2. Mitchell’s Case and…
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