Digital Imaging
You should always take two images when photo imaging a crime scene. One with and without this.
What is a scale?
This rule of admissibility was based on a "general acceptance" by the scientific community.
What is Frye?
This is a document that memorializes the transfer of evidence from one party to another.
What is the chain of custody?
These are the four most common types of scavengers.
What are insects, microbes, rodents and carnivores?
This is what biological evidence should be packaged in.
What is breathable packaging?
This is when a light sensitive material receives too little light.
What is under exposure?
This is the ruling from the 1970's that governs the admissibility of scientific evidence.
What is Federal Rules of Evidence 702?
This is the difference between a lay and an expert witness.
What is lay witnesses can only testify on what they have experienced?
Canines leave this type of mark when scavenging remains.
What is a "V" shape?
What are the four types of crime scene searches?
What are spiral, grid, line and quadrant?
This is the area of acceptable sharpness in an image.
What is depth of field?
Under Daubert, this person has the final say on the admissibility of scientific evidence.
Who is the judge?
This is the process where an attorney attempts to weaken a scientists credentials.
What is voir dire?
This animal scavenges on dried out bones.
What is a squirrel?
Protecting the scene and detaining witnesses is the job of this person at a crime scene.
Who is the first responder?
This was created to provide leadership to the law enforcement community by developing guidelines for good practices for the use of imaging technologies within the criminal justice system
What is SWGIT?
The Daubert ruling happened in what year?
What is 1993?
These are the two major types of evidence.
What are real and demonstrative?
These vertebrates can be used to detect Tuberculosis and explosives.
What are African giant pouched rats?
The following elements should be found on all of these, Title or caption, Legend of abbreviations, Symbols, Numbers of letters used, Compass designation, Scale, Documentation block with case number, offense type, victim’s names, location, date and time, and name.
What are crime scene sketches?
These three criteria have to be met in order for a photograph to be admissible in court.
What are that the (1) Object pictured must be material or relevant, (2) Photograph must not appeal to the emotions or to prejudice the jury and (3) Photograph must be free from distortion and not misrepresent the scene?
These are the two components of relevance.
What are materiality and probativeness?
This is the name of the man who was a chemist at the police crime lab who testified about tests he never preformed and his reports were filled with rampant fraud and falsification.
This man was the defendant in the case we talked about where the body was moved by scavengers.
Who is David Westerfield?
These are the four rules for the admissibility of evidence.
What is: Legally obtained, Relevant, Identify the item and Maintain the chain of custody?