Legal Opinion
People v. Middleton
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 27, 1981PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Meyer, J.
The reliability of bite mark evidence as a means of identification is sufficiently established in the scientific community to make such evidence admissible in a criminal case, without separately establishing scientific reliability in each case, but subject, of course, to the establishment by foundation evidence of the authenticity of the materials used and propriety of the procedure followed in the particular case and to cross-examination intended to test the reliability of the conclusion reached in that case. The order of the Appellate Division should, therefore,…
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