context: Judge Marrero of this Court has recently upheld the use of ballistics as reliable under Rule 702. The Supreme Court has likewise cited ballistics as a proper subject of expert testimony because it aids the jury in understanding the evidence.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 2003 WL 1402040, at *2
citation_a.parenthetical: "the field of ballistics is a proper subject for expert testimony and meets the requirements of Rule 702."
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303, 312-313 [118 S.Ct. 1261, 140 L.Ed.2d 413] (1998) (“unlike expert witnesses who testify about factual matters outside the juror’s knowledge, such as the analysis of fingerprints, ballistics, or DNA found at a crime scene, a polygraph expert can supply the jury only with another opinion, in addition to its own, about whether the witness was telling the truth”); see also United States v. Foster, 300 F.Supp.2d 375, 376 n. 1 (D.Md.2004) (stating that, “[i]n the years since Daubert, numerous cases have confirmed the reliability of ballistics identification,” and collecting cases); [United States v. O'Driscoll, No. 4:CR-10-277, 2003 WL 1402040, at *2 (M.D.Pa. Feb.10, 2003)] (“the field of ballistics is a proper subject for expert testimony and meets the requirements of Rule 702.”)....
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 523 U.S. 303, 312-313
citation_b.parenthetical: "unlike expert witnesses who testify about factual matters outside the juror's knowledge, such as the analysis of fingerprints, ballistics, or DNA found at a crime scene, a polygraph expert can supply the jury only with another opinion, in addition to its own, about whether the witness was telling the truth"
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303, 312-313 [118 S.Ct. 1261, 140 L.Ed.2d 413] (1998) (“unlike expert witnesses who testify about factual matters outside the juror’s knowledge, such as the analysis of fingerprints, ballistics, or DNA found at a crime scene, a polygraph expert can supply the jury only with another opinion, in addition to its own, about whether the witness was telling the truth”); see also United States v. Foster, 300 F.Supp.2d 375, 376 n. 1 (D.Md.2004) (stating that, “[i]n the years since Daubert, numerous cases have confirmed the reliability of ballistics identification,” and collecting cases); [United States v. O'Driscoll, No. 4:CR-10-277, 2003 WL 1402040, at *2 (M.D.Pa. Feb.10, 2003)] (“the field of ballistics is a proper subject for expert testimony and meets the requirements of Rule 702.”)....