Starrs J E
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1985 Jun;6(2):171-3. doi: 10.1097/00000433-198506000-00013.
A case of first impression involving the identification of the person whose fingernail left an imprint on the neck of a child murder victim has survived appeal to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The appeals court, in an opinion which includes a number of incongruous features, approved the trial court's admission of scientific testimony matching an accused's fingernail to the impression left in the child's neck, apparently during his being manually strangled.
一起涉及确定在一名儿童谋杀案受害者颈部留下指甲印的人的案件，经上诉至宾夕法尼亚州高等法院后维持原判。上诉法院在一份包含诸多不协调特征的意见书中，批准了初审法院采纳的科学鉴定证词，该证词将一名被告的指甲与显然是在其手动勒死孩子时留在孩子颈部的印记相匹配。
