In US v. Ta, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 58130, Hoa Quoc Ta hoped to use expert witness Mr. Nguyen Ba Chung as an expert on Vietnamese culture. Ta is charged with kidnapping, carjacking, and “possessing a firearm in furtherance of crimes of violence in violation.” But while Chung holds positions…
Murray Energy Corp., the company that co-owns the Utah coal mine where six workers are trapped, has incurred millions of dollars in fines over the last 18 months. While the safety record at Utah’s Crandall Canyon mine is good, Murray has 19 mines in five states that have not fared…
The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) in London heard testimonies from expert witnesses and former Zimbabwean intelligence officers and police officers regarding HS, an asylum seeker who cannot be named. The lawyers say Britain is not giving amnesty to failed asylum seekers. Deportations to Zimbabwe are currently frozen pending the…
Stark County, OH, Judge Richard Reinbold ruled that Brian C. Aduddell, accused of murdering his grandparents, was not guilty by reason of insanity. “It’s for life,” said Stark County Prosecutor John Ferrero. “There will be periodic reviews, but he could spend the rest of his life there.” Ferrero said his…
A computer security and forensics expert witness supports the group of Oklahoma University students in their fight against the RIAA. The RIAA had obtained an order compelling the university to turn over the students names and addresses. The expert witness’s declaration supports the students’ motion to vacate the ex parte…
Troy Anthony Davis was sentenced to death for the murder of Savannah police Officer Mark Allen MacPhail but many of the eyewitnesses who identified Davis as the shooter have recalled their testimony. Officer MacPhail was fatally shot in a Burger King parking lot in August of 1989. Davis’ defense lawyers…
Polk County, Iowa, prosecutors have asked that the murder case against Justin Pollard be dropped in order to give an expert witness from the FBI time to review crucial videotape evidence. Pollard, 24, is charged with first-degree murder for allegedly running down Annamarie Rittman, 46, in the parking lot of…
San Diego bankruptcy Judge Louise DeCarl Adler appointed R. Todd Neilson, a nationally recognized expert witness in bankruptcy cases, to examine hundreds of accounts associated with the Catholic Diocese of San Diego and its parishes.The diocese stated in bankruptcy court that it does not own or control tens of millions…
Forensic pathology expert witnesses testified Thursday in the murder trial of 17-year-old Antonio Liceaga of Robinson Township, MI. Liceaga is charged with murder and second-degree felony firearms in the shooting death of 14-year-old Felipe Van. Expert witnesses included officers who examined the scene and the forensic pathologist who performed the…
The last expert witnesses are giving evidence at the investigation into the fatal Black Hawk helicopter crash off Fiji in November 2006. Helicopter expert witnesses have focused on the problem of rotor droop, a loss of power to the rotor blade. Officers have stated it happens when the aircraft is…