Maryland’s top court reinstated a double-murder conviction, saying an expert’s trial testimony regarding a killer’s height based on video was validly admitted.
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Read More »June 27, 2022 Comments Off on Md. high court reinstates murder convictions under new expert testimony standard
Maryland’s top court reinstated a double-murder conviction, saying an expert’s trial testimony regarding a killer’s height based on video was validly admitted.
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Read More »June 7, 2022 Comments Off on Md. high court to weigh ballistics testimony under stricter standard for scientific testimony
Maryland's top court will weigh if the science linking fatal bullets to specific guns cases survives the court’s new standard for judging scientific testimony.
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Read More »October 30, 2020 Comments Off on Md. high court orders firearm evidence review under Daubert
The Maryland Court of Appeals has told a trial court to review whether the long-accepted courtroom science linking fatal bullets to specific guns in homicide cases withstands the high court’s recently adopted standard that permits emerging and contrary scientific theories ...
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Read More »September 29, 2020 Comments Off on Court’s decision not to reconsider Daubert ruling draws pointed dissents
Two Maryland high court judges have taken the unusual step of sharply criticizing their colleagues for declining to reconsider their decision last month that permits judges to admit into evidence scientific conclusions based on emerging theories that have been peer-reviewed ...
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Read More »September 8, 2020 Comments Off on Rulings on science, fiduciary duty, marijuana top Md. high court’s term
Maryland’s top court ended its 2019-2020 session last week having issued landmark rulings permitting the admission of evidence based on emerging sciences, creating a cause of action for breach of fiduciary duty and ruling that police may not arrest and ...
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Read More »September 1, 2020 Comments Off on Md. high court adopts new standard for scientific testimony
A divided Maryland high court has opened trials to a broader range of science-based testimony than that which is “generally accepted” among scientists, ruling that judges may admit into evidence scientific conclusions based on emerging theories that have been peer ...
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