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Blood Tests In Paternity Cases, Robert Ratimorszky Jan 1970

Blood Tests In Paternity Cases, Robert Ratimorszky

Cleveland State Law Review

Medical science has developed and provided absolute proof of non-paternity by exclusion with the probability higher than 71.6 per cent.The blood tests determining nonpaternity by exclusion are conclusive.Despite this conclusive and scientifically proven medical system of exclusion, legislatures and courts in many jurisdictions are still slow in accepting the irrebuttable proof of blood grouping tests. Resentment is strong in many jurisdictions against the admission of possibility of paternity upon all the evidence. The argument that if admitted, such evidence is prejudicial holds in many jurisdictions including Ohio.Legislatures and courts should take cognizance of the proof of blood tests in paternity …


Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson Jan 1962

Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson

Cleveland State Law Review

One among many problems of national moment is the intoxicated motorist. Legislators have long fumbled for remedies to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has resulted from an unhappy combination of ethyl alcohol and mechanical power. Convictions in court have been too difficult to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has reconstructive and effective legal control. Jurors themselves, have often been hesitant to convict because the sum total of objective evidence produced has not convinced them that the subjects they were judging had actually been drunk or intoxicated.


Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson Jan 1962

Legal By-Products Of Chemical Testing For Intoxication, M. C. Slough, Paul E. Wilson

Cleveland State Law Review

One among many problems of national moment is the intoxicated motorist. Legislators have long fumbled for remedies to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has resulted from an unhappy combination of ethyl alcohol and mechanical power. Convictions in court have been too difficult to halt a wave of senseless killing and mutilation that has reconstructive and effective legal control. Jurors themselves, have often been hesitant to convict because the sum total of objective evidence produced has not convinced them that the subjects they were judging had actually been drunk or intoxicated.