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In today's age of technology juries almost expect to see state of

the art technology employed in both criminal investigations, as

well as criminal and civil trials. Further, the amount of electronic

information available, (such as phone records, credit

records/financial records, e-mails communications, automated

tolls pass transponders, etc...) to support or refute issues that

arise in any investigation, need to be sorted, analyzed, and

legibly displayed, in order for those records to have an impact on

the case.


Modern technology provides us with a variety of different

software applications that can turn mountains of records into

concise, easy to comprehend courtroom exhibits.

Crime Scene

Sketches

Sketches can be the most important part of telling the story. A good diagram of the scene will make it much easier for juries to follow the testimony of witnesses.


Each item of evidence, or point of interest can be laid

out in the diagram to give more accurate understandings of the scene.


Diagrams can be displayed in the center of an exhibit, surrounded by actually scene photos.


Three dimensional diagrams can be created

where warranted.

Digital imaging technology has raised the bar in displaying evidence in court. Poor quality photos

can be enhanced, scene photos can be arranged and displayed in a easy to follow manner, and

digital animations can be produced to reconstruct the act or incident as it occurred.

The diagram to the right illustrates the hyoid

bone in the neck. A broken hyoid bone in a

decedent, can be a sign of manual

strangulation.

1. Phone records can be displayed (figure 1) to

show the frequency in which one person calls

another, during a specific time period.


2. This display can be further defined to narrow

the time period, (figure 2)  thereby highlighting

changes in calling patterns


3. Calls from multiple phone records/accts, can be

placed in chronological order, to display the

calling frequency of multiple callers. (figure 3)

figure 1

Artist Renderings

Our forensic artist Illustrate opposing perspectives to demonstrate the point of view for each person involved in the event

Illustrate the path of a bullets to demonstrate its trajectory.

We can also illustrate the trajectory through the anatomy to allow for images that are more suitable for court presentations

figure 2

figure 3