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Investigation Of Fatal Gunshot Wounds, Justin C. Smith
Investigation Of Fatal Gunshot Wounds, Justin C. Smith
Cleveland State Law Review
Certain routine steps are taken in investigating fatal injury inflicted by a firearm either as a result of foul play or accident. A fatal gunshot case presents many challenging medicallegal problems which involve cooperation among the forensic pathologist, firearms identification expert, laboratory technician and the police. The belief that an "expert" can view the body and without further corroborating evidence testify in court as to the range at which this person was shot and the calibre of the weapon is one of the most common fallacies. Since the average person interested in law enforcement is generally not trained in medicine …
Finding An Expert Witness In The Sciences, Ralph K. Davies
Finding An Expert Witness In The Sciences, Ralph K. Davies
Cleveland State Law Review
To the uninitiated a classification of diversified sciences upsets the notion that science is one field of knowledge. There are times when even a scientist in one area has difficulty in locating an expert in another area. How then does one find a scientific expert?
American Life Expectancy Tables, And Foreigners, Rita Page
American Life Expectancy Tables, And Foreigners, Rita Page
Cleveland State Law Review
It is the court's duty to see that the facts admitted into evidence do not tend to distort, mislead, or confuse the jury regarding the damages to be awarded. This the court cannot do if United States life expectancy tables are accepted as relevant to the life expectancy of a foreign national. Therefore, the United States tables should be deemed inadmissible by the court in such cases. The court should then turn to the relevant foreign table as the only life expectancy table admissible in evidence.