United States Fourth Circuit

The disciplines of forensic fingerprint analysis and forensic handwriting analysis satisfy the criteria for expert opinion testimony under Daubert v. Merrill Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993).

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/31/2003
• Published 03/31/2003

Judges

• Before WILKINS, Chief Judge, and MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED: John A. Dusenbury, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Douglas Cannon, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF: Louis C. Allen, III, Federal Public Defender, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Anna Mills Wagoner, United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.