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The "Damned" In A Flashover State: Arson And The Use Of Scientific Methods And Expert Testimony In West Virginia, Christopher W. Maidona Dec 2018

The "Damned" In A Flashover State: Arson And The Use Of Scientific Methods And Expert Testimony In West Virginia, Christopher W. Maidona

West Virginia Law Review Online

The fire moved quickly through the house as Cameron Todd Willingham screamed for his children from the front porch. Inside the blaze were his three children. Firefighters arrived, uncoiled hoses, and aimed water at the raging fire. However, all three Willingham children died that night from smoke inhalation.

News of the December 23, 1991, tragedy spread throughout Corsicana, Texas. Meanwhile, investigators sought to determine what caused the fire. The investigators “toured the perimeter of the house, taking notes and photographs, like archeologists mapping out a ruin.” In the kitchen, they found smoke and heat damage—signs the fire had not originated …


Mandating Meaningful Forensic Discovery: A Proposal To Fuel The Engine Of Truthfulness, Marjorie Mcdiarmid Jan 2018

Mandating Meaningful Forensic Discovery: A Proposal To Fuel The Engine Of Truthfulness, Marjorie Mcdiarmid

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

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An Uncivil Action: Criminalizating Daubert In Procedure And Practice To Avoid Wrongful Convictions, Jessica G. Cino Dec 2016

An Uncivil Action: Criminalizating Daubert In Procedure And Practice To Avoid Wrongful Convictions, Jessica G. Cino

West Virginia Law Review

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Forensics And Fallibility: Comparing The Views Of Lawyers And Jurors, Brandon L. Garrett, Gregory Mitchell Dec 2016

Forensics And Fallibility: Comparing The Views Of Lawyers And Jurors, Brandon L. Garrett, Gregory Mitchell

West Virginia Law Review

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Introduction To The West Virginia Law Review Flawed Forensics And Innocence Symposium, Valena E. Beety Dec 2016

Introduction To The West Virginia Law Review Flawed Forensics And Innocence Symposium, Valena E. Beety

West Virginia Law Review

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Scandal, Fraud, And The Reform Of Forensic Science: The Case Of Fingerprint Analysis, Simon A. Cole Dec 2016

Scandal, Fraud, And The Reform Of Forensic Science: The Case Of Fingerprint Analysis, Simon A. Cole

West Virginia Law Review

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Folklore And Forensics: The Challenges Of Arson Investigation And Innocence Claims, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Paul Bieber Dec 2016

Folklore And Forensics: The Challenges Of Arson Investigation And Innocence Claims, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti, Paul Bieber

West Virginia Law Review

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Building The Infrastructure For "Justice Through Science": The Texas Model, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Nicole Bremner Cásarez Dec 2016

Building The Infrastructure For "Justice Through Science": The Texas Model, Sandra Guerra Thompson, Nicole Bremner Cásarez

West Virginia Law Review

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Strengths And Limitations Of Forensic Science: What Dna Exonerations Have Taught Us And Where To Go From Here, Vanessa Meterko Dec 2016

Strengths And Limitations Of Forensic Science: What Dna Exonerations Have Taught Us And Where To Go From Here, Vanessa Meterko

West Virginia Law Review

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Fred Zain, The Csi Effect, And A Philosophical Idea Of Justice: Using West Virginia As A Model For Change, Kathleen Keough Griebel Apr 2012

Fred Zain, The Csi Effect, And A Philosophical Idea Of Justice: Using West Virginia As A Model For Change, Kathleen Keough Griebel

West Virginia Law Review

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Always Be Disclosing: The Prosecutor's Constitutional Duty To Divulge Inadmissible Evidence, Brian D. Ginsberg Jan 2008

Always Be Disclosing: The Prosecutor's Constitutional Duty To Divulge Inadmissible Evidence, Brian D. Ginsberg

West Virginia Law Review

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The Youngblood Success Stories: Overcoming The "Bad Faith" Destruction Of Evidence Standard, Teresa N. Chen Jan 2007

The Youngblood Success Stories: Overcoming The "Bad Faith" Destruction Of Evidence Standard, Teresa N. Chen

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1980 Dec 1980

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1980

West Virginia Law Review

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Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1979 Apr 1980

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1979

West Virginia Law Review

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Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1978 Feb 1979

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1978

West Virginia Law Review

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Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1976 Apr 1977

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1976

West Virginia Law Review

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Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1975-1976, Lloyd George Jackson Ii, John Burdick Koch, Alan Dale Moats, Thomas A. Vorbach Jun 1976

Survey Of Developments In West Virginia Law: 1975-1976, Lloyd George Jackson Ii, John Burdick Koch, Alan Dale Moats, Thomas A. Vorbach

West Virginia Law Review

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Evidence--Presumptions--Application Of The Deadly Weapons Presumption In West Virginia, John P. Carter Apr 1973

Evidence--Presumptions--Application Of The Deadly Weapons Presumption In West Virginia, John P. Carter

West Virginia Law Review

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Criminal Law--Use Of Injunctive Proceedings To Suppress Evidence, Ellen Fairfax Warder Apr 1966

Criminal Law--Use Of Injunctive Proceedings To Suppress Evidence, Ellen Fairfax Warder

West Virginia Law Review

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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Ralph Judy Bean Jr. Jun 1965

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Ralph Judy Bean Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--Admissibility On Criminal Courts Of Evidence Derived From Inadmissible Juvenile Confessions, Lester Clay Hess Jr. Dec 1964

Criminal Law--Admissibility On Criminal Courts Of Evidence Derived From Inadmissible Juvenile Confessions, Lester Clay Hess Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence And Criminal Law--Admission By Silence, Charles David Mcmunn Feb 1964

Evidence And Criminal Law--Admission By Silence, Charles David Mcmunn

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abstracts Of Recent Cases, James Kilgore Edmundson Jr. Dec 1961

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, James Kilgore Edmundson Jr.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Nick George Zegrea Apr 1961

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Nick George Zegrea

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Evidence--Burden Of Proof--Presumption Of Innocence, Esdel Beane Yost Apr 1961

Evidence--Burden Of Proof--Presumption Of Innocence, Esdel Beane Yost

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Proof Of The Corpus Delicti By Circumstantial Evidence Where The Body Is Never Found, John George Van Meter Feb 1961

Proof Of The Corpus Delicti By Circumstantial Evidence Where The Body Is Never Found, John George Van Meter

West Virginia Law Review

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Constitutional Law--Criminal Law--Evidence--Searches And Seizures--Silver Platter Doctrine Abolished, Esdel Beane Yost Dec 1960

Constitutional Law--Criminal Law--Evidence--Searches And Seizures--Silver Platter Doctrine Abolished, Esdel Beane Yost

West Virginia Law Review

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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Aaron David Trub Dec 1960

Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Aaron David Trub

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--Double Jeopardy--New Trial After Reversal For Insufficient Evidence, J. G. V. M. Dec 1959

Criminal Law--Double Jeopardy--New Trial After Reversal For Insufficient Evidence, J. G. V. M.

West Virginia Law Review

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Criminal Law--Character Evidence--Doubt As To Guilt, J. Mc K. Dec 1959

Criminal Law--Character Evidence--Doubt As To Guilt, J. Mc K.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.