NCJ Number
36820
Journal
Criminal Law Bulletin Volume: 12 Issue: 5 Dated: (SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 509-543
Date Published
1976
Length
35 pages
Annotation
INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO THE PREMISES ON WHICH VOICE PRINT IDENTIFICATION IS BASED, THE POSSIBILITY OF ERROR, AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PRINCIPAL WITNESSES IN CASES OF VOICEPRINT IDENTIFICATION IS PRESENTED.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR, HIGHLY CRITICAL OF THE VALIDITY OF VOICEPRINT IDENTIFICATION, PRESENTS ARGUMENTS AGAINST ITS ADMISSIBILITY BY CITING THE MAJOR WORK OF ONE OF ITS FOREMOST PROPONENTS, DR. LEONARD TOSI. POINTING OUT THAT TOSI AND LT. NASH OF THE MICHIGAN STATE POLICE WERE WITNESSES AT EVERY TRIAL IN WHICH VOICEPRINT IDENTIFICATION WAS ADMITTED, THE AUTHOR THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TECHNIQUE BY THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. THIS ARTICLE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WITH AMMUNITION IN THEIR CROSS-EXAMINATIONS OF EXPERT WITNESSES IN VOICEPRINT IDENTIFICATION.