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Presided over by the Honorable J. Curtis Joyner, the hear<strong>in</strong>g was an overwhelm<strong>in</strong>g<br />

w<strong>in</strong> for the most widely accepted forensic evidence <strong>in</strong> the world —<br />

f<strong>in</strong>gerpr<strong>in</strong>ts. Although additional Daubert hear<strong>in</strong>gs cont<strong>in</strong>ue to occur <strong>in</strong><br />

various jurisdictions, as of this writ<strong>in</strong>g, the 1999 Philadelphia Daubert hear<strong>in</strong>g<br />

on f<strong>in</strong>gerpr<strong>in</strong>ts rema<strong>in</strong>s the premier model hear<strong>in</strong>g and rul<strong>in</strong>g for the<br />

science of f<strong>in</strong>gerpr<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong> America.<br />

Appendix References<br />

1. Government’s Proposed F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs of Fact and Conclusions of Law, U.S. v<br />

Byron C. Mitchell, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,<br />

No. 96-00407.<br />

2. Daubert study materials prepared for SWGFAST (Scientific Work<strong>in</strong>g Group<br />

on Friction Ridge Analysis, Study and <strong>Technology</strong>) by Stephen Meagher,<br />

David Grieve, Patrick Wertheim and Edward German, August 1999.

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