State v. Tester’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 18 state decisions

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1. “[W]e believe that a calculation that combines error rates with match probabilities is inappropriate. The risk of error is properly considered case by case, taking into account the record of the laboratory performing the tests, the extent of redundancy, and the overall quality of the results.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. United States v. McCluskey

2. “[tlo say that two patterns match, without providing any scientifically valid estimate (or at least, an upper bound) of the frequency with which such matches might occur by chance, is meaningless.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Deloney v. State

3. “the jury does not know whether the patterns are as common as pictures with two eyes, or as unique as the Mona Lisa.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Marks