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Daubert-Related Documents from US v. Mitchell

These documents may contain slight format (not content)
 variations due to small differences in scanning.

MITCHELL LATENT PRINTS
     L-1 Over-all .6Mb .jpg  L-1 Over-all 1.2Mb .tif
     L-1 Close-up .1Mb .jpg
     L-2 Over-all .6Mb .jpg  L-2 Over-all 1.3Mb .tif
     L-2 Close-up .1Mb .jpg
     RT Known  5Mb .jpg
     LT Known 4.8Mb .jpg
     Court Chart (L-2 and RT) 2.2Mb .pdf

MITCHELL RETRIAL (HEARSAY NOTE)
    Retrial Document (caselaw.lp.findlaw.com)

PRE-DAUBERT HEARING MOTIONS
     Defense Motion .1Mb .rtf
     Government's Response .1Mb .pdf

PREPARATION FOR HEARING

Survey 1.2Mb .pdf
Survey and supplemental documents 4Mb .pdf
FBI survey follow-up to agencies returning a NO ID conclusion .1Mb .pdf
Defense chart showing years of experience ad # of points required by NO ID examiners .1Mb .pdf

DAUBERT HEARING TRANSCRIPTS
     Day 1, July 7, 1999 18Mb .pdf  (Babler {p.5} and Ashbaugh {p.78})
     Day 2, July 8, 1999 19Mb .pdf  (Ed German and Steve Meagher)
     Day 3, July 9, 1999  15Mb .pdf  (Donald Ziesig and Bruce Budowle)
     Day 4, July 12, 1999 22Mb .pdf  (Marylin Peterson, David Stoney and James Starrs)
     Day 5, July 13, 1999 8Mb .pdf  (Simon Cole and Pat Wertheim)

     Daubert Exhibits (yes, 37 of them!)

GOVERNMENTS POST-DAUBERT HEARING DOCUMENTS

Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law .01Mb .pdf)
Post-Daubert Hearing Memorandum .2Mb .pdf

COURT'S DECISION

Transcripts from the Record, September 13, 1999 2.7Mb .pdf
Press Release, September 22, 1999

ACTUAL TRIAL: January, 2000

Trial Transcripts 1Mb .pdf

POST-DECISION APPEALS

(BASED ON THE NIJ SOLICITATION)
     Solicitation for FRS validation
.1Mb .pdf
     June 20, 2000 letter of intent
  .1Mb .pdf

Denial of New Trial based on New Evidence, 5-25-00 .03Mb .pdf
Governments Response to Alleged Brady Violation, 11-15-00
Governments Pre-Sentencing Memorandum, 12-15-00
Governments Response to Brady New Trial Motion, 5-9-01
Joyner's Memo and Order on New Trial Motion, 5/02
Denial #2 on supplemental memorandum, 7-26-02

Daubert "Critics" Information

Link to Reference page Legal section    

onin subsequent challenges page

Gives information on 40 subsequent challenges to the science of fingerprints   

Other related Daubert commentary