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However, the court found the articles "to be significantly different from scholarly articles in such fields as medicine or physics, in their lack of critical scholarship." Such a ruling "would be to make the best the enemy of the good." Request full-text PDF. Expert Testimony, Technical Advisors, and the Determination of Damages, Expert testimony with special reference to its use in the medical profession /, In book: Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science. 1027 (S.D.N.Y.1995). 2d 62 (D.Mass. Storer's testimony also showed that the field of document examination is moving toward establishing "standards controlling the technique's operation." (John J. Harris, 48 How Much Do People Write Alike: A Study of Signatures, 48 J.Crim.L. at 1192-93. Further, we provide guidance on the circumstances in which judges should appoint experts and the frequency with which such appointments should occur. The other Daubert factors also are satisfied in the case before the Court. Id. (citing Fed.R.Evid. *1208 However, this did not result in an automatic ruling of inadmissibility: The court went on to state that Daubert did not apply to forensic document examiner testimony. In other words, the Court's analysis should be read to apply equally to Storer's opinions on handprinting and cursive handwriting identification. Anthropology has never been defined as a hard science. For the purposes of this case, the Court considers the expertise and testimony of Storer to be adequately tested. Armistead, T. Issues in the identification of handprinting: A case study in anonymous death threats, Journal of Police Science and Administration (1984) 12:81-98. at 1104. 2000) (noting that "latent fingerprint identification has been subject to adversarial testing for roughly 100 years," a "track record [which] provides far greater assurance of reliability than, for example, publication of one peer-reviewed article describing a novel theory about the cause of a particular disease at issue in a civil law-suit."). Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137 (1999). After the examination, an opinion is expressed on a nine-point scale: "[i]dentification", "[s]trong probability [of identification]", "[p]robable", "[i]ndications", "[n]o conclusion", "[i]ndications did not", "[p]robably did not", "[s]trong probability did not" and "[e]limination." In 1993, the right rear tire of a minivan driven by Patrick Carmichael blew out and the vehicle overturned. Circuit courts, admonished by the Supreme Court to review a district court's decision deferentially, generally have upheld district courts' decisions. It also entails working alongside senior examiners who impart knowledge of their craft to the apprentices. 2d 1190 (D.Neb.2000), the court found it helpful to break down the expert testimony into two components: (1) The comparison of the "stylistics of the defendant's handwriting" with the "handwriting(s) on the questioned documents" and (2) conclusions that the defendant was "the author of a signature or other writing on a questioned document." However, Professor Kam testified at the hearing that there was not much difference between the performance of FDEs as to identification based on the two forms of writing. September 2009; DOI: 10.1002/9780470061589.fsa514. If at the time of US v. Starzecpyzel, if handwriting evidence was not yet considered to be scientific evidence, how was it admissible as reliable evidence? Carmichael. Kumho Tire, 526 U.S. at 152, 119 S. Ct. 1167 (emphasis in original). Once qualified, the substance of the opinion was not routinely challenged or reviewed by the court. According to Professor Srihari, he obtained a 96 percent accuracy rate within his sample, which was "statistically inferable over the entire population." (quoting Fed.R.Evid. [7] "The test of admissibility is not whether a particular scientific opinion has the best foundation or whether it is demonstrably correct. Rather, the inquiry is case-specific. There, the issue was the admissibility of the testimony of a tire failure expert, Dennis Carlson Jr. Id. (3/18/2002 Transcript of Daubert Hearing.) Saks' criticism is a warning, well taken, that trial courts should be wary of identification based on small samples of handwriting. Id. On July 6, 1993, the right rear tire of a minivan driven by Patrick Carmichael blew out. Second, the court found that the field had not, in fact, actually been subjected to rigorous testing and, therefore, the error rate as to any conclusions testified to by examiners was unknown. The third study showed that a different incentive scheme did not make a difference in the results; it apparently also showed an unexplained improvement in the ability of laypersons to avoid false positives. Starzecpyzel, 880 F. Supp. While the scope of the Daubert case focused on a case involving "junk science," its holding was later expanded to reach all experts, including engineers, in the 1999 decision of the Supreme Court in Kumho Tire Company, Ltd. v. Carmichael,—U.S.—, 119 S.Ct. Therefore, in Daubert, the Supreme Court overturned the trial court's exclusion of expert evidence based on the general acceptance test, but in Kumho Tire, upheld the exclusion of testimony based on a tire failure expert's obviously flawed methodology. The government also refers to databases maintained by the Secret Service and the German law enforcement agency, Bundeskriminalamt ("BKA"). Thesis (LL. Prime's motion brought into issue the testimony of Kathleen Storer ("Storer"), a forensic document examiner ("FDE" or "examiner") working for the United States Secret Service in Washington, D.C. Storer was to testify for the government that, in her opinion, Prime's handwriting appeared on counterfeit money orders and other documents. Much of the evidence presented to the courts is the same (and indeed, mirrors that presented to this Court). By 1960, Ninth Circuit noted that it was "well settled" that "an expert in handwriting may testify and state his opinion as to whether different documents or signatures were written by the same person or are similar or dissimilar in respect of handwriting or whether a particular handwriting is genuine or disguised." Therefore, the general acceptance prong of Daubert is satisfied. Further, the standard nine-point scale for expressing opinions by the FDEs was established under the auspices of the American Standards and Testing Organization ("ASTM"). In Miller v. Bike Athletic Co., 80 Ohio St. 3d 607, 687 N.E.2d 735 (1998), the As a result, expert testimony has become common place in virtually every type of case, a trend often negatively commented on as often obscuring the actual facts and turning cases into a battle of the experts. 2d 848, 854 (S.D.Ind. 2d 469 (1993) and *1204 Kumho Tire v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137, 119 S. Ct. 1167, 143 L. Ed. In 1998, in response to the Starzecpyzel decision, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a solicitation to conduct more studies to "determine the scientific validity of handwriting identification." The most important line of inquiry under Daubert for present purposes and one that appears to have foiled the testimony of many a handwriting expert in other district courts is whether the theory and technique of handwriting identification has been, or is capable of being, tested and whether handwriting identification has an acceptable error rate. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. Storer's training credentials are, furthermore, impeccable: She received a Master of Forensic Science degree from George Washington University in 1988. The fourth study showed that professionals and laypersons did not differ significantly in detecting forgeries, but professionals were better at finding genuine signatures. In its response to Prime's motion, the United States insisted that expert testimony regarding handwriting analysis met the Daubert test and that no hearing was necessary. See also United States v. Hines, 55 F. Supp. 2d at 1106. For the foregoing reasons, the Court denies the motion in limine and holds that Storer's testimony was properly admitted at trial.[9]. 901(b) (3) and 28 U.S.C. Articles sent for publication in the Journal of Forensic Science *1215 are reviewed not just by handwriting experts but by others in the forensic sciences community. at 707. In that study, the last names of people were cut out from handwriting on voter registration records. After Daubert, but prior to Kumho Tire, district courts had the option of analyzing handwriting comparison testimony under two alternative strands: They could either look at the area of forensic document examination as being grounded in scientific knowledge and apply Daubert, or treat it as nonscientific expert testimony, i.e., falling under the "technical, or other specialized knowledge" prong of Fed.R.Evid. Id. at 593, 113 S. Ct. 2786. at 150, 119 S. Ct. 1167. This ruling provides the reasoning behind the Court's conclusion that Storer's testimony was properly included at trial. Greenberg Gallery, Inc. v. Bauman, 817 F. Supp. Id. The uniqueness or individuality of handwriting cannot be established simply by stating that different writers generate different algorithms. 2d 1097 (D.Alaska 2001), the trial court ruled such evidence inadmissible. Subsequently, in Kumho Tire, the Supreme Court expanded this gatekeeper *1205 function to all expert testimony i.e. Among district courts, handwriting comparison testimony has fared unevenly since Kumho Tire. Id. From 1989 to the present she has been employed as an FDE with the Secret Service in Washington, D.C. At the Secret Service, she underwent a three-year apprenticeship or training program in document examination leading up to a certification on July 1, 1992. She cites numerous articles published in forensic science journals that conclude that handwriting is a distinguishable, individual trait. About Q9 Consulting and communication with clients; Cognitive Bias in forensic science; Contact; Documents; Downloads; … Professor Saks' criticisms as to the studies on twins are also well taken. 702 was amended to conform to Daubert. To read the full-text of this research, you can request a copy directly from the author. [6] The Court finds that the studies conducted by Professor Kam are more relevant to its analysis than the statistical manipulation of data from proficiency tests conducted by the Forensic Sciences Foundation in the 1980s. at 572-75. Finally, the court found that the field did indeed receive general acceptance within the community of examiners and the legal community, but not from "financially disinterested parties, such as academics." Professionals erroneously concluded that forgeries were genuine 0.5 percent of the time whereas lay persons did so 6.5 percent of the time; professionals mistakenly concluded that genuine signatures were forgeries 7.1 percent of the times, lay persons did so 26.1 percent of the time. When the focus of the analysis shifts from the general to the specific, the number and nature of samples of questioned and known documents become important, as does the particular experience and training of the expert and the soundness of the method actually employed. Acknowledging that it was taking "one step further than other courts," the court concluded that after applying Daubert that the expert testimony "is as likely to mislead a jury as to assist it in determining the facts of this case. This accreditation process requires an annual external proficiency test. Their review of articles submitted for publication provides oversight on research in the field. 702. In Daubert, the Supreme Court created a gatekeeping role for trial judges as to the admissibility of scientific expert testimony. With this extensive level of training by the examiner and the array of available writing samples, the Court has no trouble concluding that unique characteristics of Prime's handwriting may be established.[5]. Saelee, 162 F. Supp. To support this conclusion, Carlson used a methodology that was partly disputed. Professor Srihari testified about his research at the Daubert hearing. Id. [2] As to the third Daubert factor, the court noted that FDEs publish in several journals. (Dkt.# 121.) Subsequently, the Carmichaels brought a diversity suit against the Kumho Tire Company and others, claiming that the tire was defective. Even after Daubert and Kumho Tire, most district courts have admitted *1216 such evidence, albeit with limitations. In United States v. Llera Plaza, 188 F. Supp. These so-called "Forensic Information System for Handwriting" ("FISH") databases of letters convert handwriting features into mathematical algorithms. Gating the Gatekeeper: Tamraz v. Lincoln Electric Co. and the Expansion of Daubert Reviewing Authori... [Blood group expert testimony: anthropologico-heredobiological expert testimony. However, at least some of Professor Saks' criticism is more properly directed to the field of forensic document examination generally rather than being specifically applicable in the case before the Court. Id. Cf. The most important one was whether the new Daubert standards requiring proof of reliability also applied to nonscientifcally based expert testimony. at 152, 119 S. Ct. 1167. Kumho moved to exclude Carlson's testimony on the ground that his methodology failed to satisfy Federal Rule of Evidence 702, which provides: "If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact..., a witness qualified as an expert...may testify thereto in the form of an opinion." However, the opinion noted that the factors did not comprise "a definitive checklist or test." Kumho Tire, 526 U.S. at 150, 119 S. Ct. 1167. His project was undertaken with the purpose of testing the hypotheses underlying forensic document examination. at *1, *6. Until the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Daubert, the trial courts determined the admissibility of scientific evidence by applying the "general acceptance" test. [5] The Court's conclusion is supported in general by the results of Professor Srihari's research. As has already been noted, handwriting analysis has long been used in American courts. Before the Court applies the Daubert factors to assess the admissibility of Storer's testimony, a few general observations are in order. at 1044-47. § 1731. Perhaps anticipating the problems that would follow if any particular Daubert factor was rigidly applied, the Supreme Court re-emphasized the flexibility that was inherent in the analysis: "[W]e can neither rule out, nor rule in, for all cases and for all time the applicability of the factors mentioned in Daubert, nor can we now do so for subsets of cases categorized by category of expert or by kind of evidence. In sum, the Court is persuaded of the reliability of Storer's testimony; it was properly admitted and presented to the jury at trial. Id. See, e.g., United States v. Jolivet, 224 F.3d 902, 906 (8th Cir.2000) (upholding district court's decision to admit testimony of handwriting comparison expert); United States v. Hernandez, 42 Fed.Appx. *1213 As far as the proficiency and accuracy of FDEs are concerned, directly relevant to these issues are studies conducted in the 1990s by Professor Moshe Kam of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Drexel University. ", Argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of court, supporting the petitioners. ", As the Court already has noted, it need not address the reliability of handwriting evidence generally. Id. ..." As to 38 signatures, Storer rendered a "could not be determined" opinion and the remainder of the material had "no evidence of significance" according to her. Bibliography . Chapter. 541. [4] The first and third prongs of the Daubert analysis ask related questions and are dealt with together. at *5. Does a federal trial judge's "gatekeeping" obligation, under the Federal Rules of Evidence, apply to testimony based on skill or experience as it does to testimony based on scientific knowledge? The court ruled that such testimony was not based on science but on "technical, or other specialized knowledge." at 1194. This narrowed look does not, of course, detract from the standards of intellectual rigor to be demanded from the testimony; however, the Court believes that the Supreme Court adopted a sound approach when it stated in Kumho Tire that the "specific issue before the court was not the reasonableness *1211 in general of a tire expert's use of a visual and tactile inspection to [reach his conclusion]. The Supreme Court envisioned that trial courts would conduct a factor-based analysis when determining whether the testimony was reliable: (1) "whether [the theory or technique] can be (and has been) tested" (2) "whether the theory or technique has been subjected to peer review and publication" (3) "the known or potential rate of error" (4) "the existence and maintenance of standards controlling the technique's operation" and, finally, (5) "`general acceptance' can yet have a bearing on the inquiry." Moreover, the evidence provided of the BKA and Secret Service databases, while marginally probative, appears to beg the question it is presented to answer, as pointed out by Professor Michael J. Saks ("Saks"), professor of law and of psychology at Arizona State University, who testified at the Daubert hearing for the defendant. The comparison made is of several handwriting features such as style, smoothness, size relationships, slant, spacing, curvature, angularity, punctuation, etc. She also testified that her own personal experience showed that "every writer does have their [sic] own combination of individual characteristics. 2d at 572. at 1038. at 1037. 702). It provides: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case. Where a novel theory is presented to a court, it makes sense to demand proof of statistically significant results and strict compliance with scientific methods. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, 509 U.S. 579, 113 S. Ct. 2786, 125 L. Ed. The Saelee court specifically noted that: Saelee, 162 F. Supp. Similarities and differences in various features have varying levels of significance, and the latter influence the conclusion that is drawn. The government and Storer have cited to several different sources as support for the proposition that handwriting is unique. Trial court rulings reach one of three conclusions: (1) exclusion of all forms of expert testimony on handwriting comparison; (2) inclusion of the testimony on similarities and differences but exclusion of the expert's conclusions; and (3) and inclusion of comparison and expert testimony. Given the availability of newer and more reliable data by Professor Kam, the Court finds that reliance on the proficiency tests is unnecessary. For instance, the reliability of engineering testimony could be gauged based on merit of its scientific foundations; however, "[i]n other cases, the relevant reliability concerns may focus upon personal knowledge or experience." While this trend will most likely not reverse itself by reason of the ever increasing complexity of society, there is a growing trend in law to be more skeptical of the quality of the opinion after the exert has been qualified. at 151, 119 S. Ct. 1167. But see United States v. Velasquez, 64 F.3d 844, 852 (3rd Cir.1995) (overturning decision to exclude testimony of same law professor). Finally, it is clear to the Court that handwriting analysis has received broad acceptance. Access scientific knowledge from anywhere. In the same vein, the district court for the District of Columbia summarily stated in 1993: "It can be judicially noted that handwriting, like fingerprints, are subject to established objective tests, expert opinions about which are admissible." At the time, Rule 702 provided that "[i]f scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise." [3] There is no dispute that Storer's testimony is relevant to the issues in the case and helpful to the jury. The Court concluded that this interpretation of Rule 702 would insure that an expert witness's testimony rests on a reliable foundation and is relevant to the task at hand. The CEDAR research results were accepted for publication in the Journal of Forensic Sciences prior to the Daubert hearing. The Court acknowledges that had it required results of extensive scientific testing as exists in other fields, forensic document examination would come up short at the present time. 2d at 563. In book: Wiley Encyclopedia of Forensic Science; Authors: Ann C. Smith. Kumho Tire, 526 U.S. at 153-54, 119 S. Ct. 1167 (emphases in original). Quick Notes. With these principles in mind, the Court will proceed to apply the Daubert factors to the expert testimony at issue. See id. See id. From a legal perspective, the consideration of remotely sensed data in litigation is founded in the rules regarding evidence. A flexible approach does not, however, imply a lax one. Kumho Tire, 526 U.S. at 147, 119 S. Ct. 1167. Professor Srihari and his colleagues extracted features of handwriting both "macro" features such as slant, and "micro" features such as the presence of openings in characters and utilized these to compare documents using computer software. Opinion Testimony - Lay and Expert. The Supreme Court concluded that the district court's decision to exclude Carlson's testimony after finding that it satisfied none of the Daubert factors "or any other set of reasonable reliability criteria" was within its "lawful discretion." The government claims that of the 90,000 writers in the German database, "the system has determined that *1212 no two writers write alike, nor do they share the same combination of handwriting characteristics." In United States v. Rutherford, 104 F. Supp. Under the "general acceptance" test, first articulated by the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013, 54 App.D.C. Even if this form of peer review is not conducted by academics, it does not mean that it is devoid of utility. A solicitation to gather further data on handwriting examination is not an admission that the testimony fails to meet current requirements. 2d 469 (1993) and *1204 Kumho Tire v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137, 119 S. Ct. 1167, 143 L. Ed. In the Secret Service, a second examiner conducts an independent examination without knowledge of the conclusion of the first. Subsequently, the Carmichaels brought a diversity suit against the Kumho Tire Company and others, claiming that the tire was defective. Request the chapter directly from the author on ResearchGate. This trend is in large part the result of the Daubert case, where the Supreme Court rewrote the standards of admissibility of expert testimony in federal court and, in so doing, threw out years of accepted practice and procedure with respect to the use of expert testimony and the preparation of experts for use at trial. at 156, 119 S. Ct. 1167 (internal citations omitted). 702 applies to scientific, technical and other specialized knowlege. Id. 2d at 1102 (emphasis added). In the aftermath of the 1993 US Supreme Court decision in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, departing from the venerable “general acceptance” test for admission of novel scientific evidence and revamping the standards for admissibility of scientifically based forensic evidence, several unanswered questions remained. 702). DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift, Sovetskoe zdravookhranenie / Ministerstvo zdravookhranenii͡a SSSR. --Cornell University, 1891. Rather, the Court will evaluate the reliability of handwriting expert testimony within the confines of the facts of this case. In this article, we provide such a framework for assessing the appropriate use of court-appointed experts. In trial or deposition, the question, "Is forensic document examination… Q9 Consulting.com. The Court believes that outright exclusion of such evidence is a mistake. 1167. 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