130 N.C. App. 505 - State v. Owen’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
2
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zehrbach v. United States · International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 406 v. Guidry · State v. Walker · State v. Collins · State v. Black
Most-quoted passages
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“In determining the authenticity of a document, it is a well-settled evidentiary principle that a jury may compare a known sample of a person’s handwriting with the handwriting on a contested document without the aid of either expert or lay testimony. However, before handwritings may be submitted to a jury for its comparison, the trial court must satisfy itself that there is enough similarity between the genuine handwriting and the disputed handwriting, such that the jury could reasonably infer that the disputed handwriting is also genuine.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[I]t is a well-settled evidentiary principle that a jury may compare a known sample of a person's handwriting with the handwriting on a contested document without the aid of either expert or lay testimony.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a lay witness may testify in the form of an opinion, despite the fact that his opinion may embrace an ultimate issue to be decided by the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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