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Voice Spectrography Evidence: Approaches To Admissibility, Sharon E. Gregory
Voice Spectrography Evidence: Approaches To Admissibility, Sharon E. Gregory
University of Richmond Law Review
The admissibility of the results of voiceprint' analysis as evidence in a criminal trial has received a great deal of attention in the last ten years, both from legal scholars and in the courts. Although a relative newcomer to the field of forensic science, voice spectrography is not a recent development in the field of evidence; Wigmore foresaw the use of a voiceprint as early as 1937, when he suggested that the individuality of a person's voice provided a possible means of speaker identification.
Improving Expert Testimony, Jack B. Weinstein
Improving Expert Testimony, Jack B. Weinstein
University of Richmond Law Review
Our real world outside the ivory towers of academia and the courts grows more and more complex. The law's use of expert witnesses has expanded at a pace reflective of society's reliance on specialized knowledge. Hardly a case of importance is tried today in the federal courts without the involvement of a number of expert witnesses.