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History of Firearm and Toolmark Identification Hamby, James E.…
History of Firearm and Toolmark Identification Hamby, James E. “Module 02: History.” Firearm Examiner Training, National Forensic Science Technology Center, projects.nfstc.org/firearms/module02/fir_m02.htm.
1800s
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1863: General Stonewall Jackson found to have been shot by Confederate soldiers based upon the bullet found in the wound
1864: Union General John Sedgewick was found to have been killed by a Confederate sniper based on the bullet wound
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1900-1907
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1903: tests conducted to compare shots fired into a sheep skull at various distances to that of a homicide victim, with the findings used in court
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1921-1924
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1922: a man is convicted of murder based largely on firearms identification evidence, which was upheld by a state supreme court for the first time
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1924: Dr. Sydney investigated the death of important Egyptian officials and provided evidence that convicted eight people of their involvement in the crime
1917-1920
1917: Dr. Sydney Smith begins collecting data from crime scenes involving firearms for use in future cases
1920: two men convicted of murder and sentenced to death based on testimony of the prosecution's expert witnesses- firearm examiners
1925-1929
1929: suspicion that some police officers were involved in the Valentine's Day Massacre were disproved using firearm evidence
1927: comparison microscope and helixometer used in a case to match a bullet to the suspect's firearm
1926: Captain Edward C Crossman becomes regional representative of western US for Bureau of Forensic Ballistics
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1940-1950
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1949: Colonel Calvin H Goddard placed in charge of US Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory in Tokyo, Japan
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1955-1958
1958: John E Davis introduces his new instrument, the striagraph
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1955: Calvin Goddard speaks at an American Academy of Forensic Science meeting and passes away two days later
1961-1963
1963: President JFK assassinated by Harvey Lee Oswald- firearms identification important to determining Oswald as the perpetrator
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1961: doubt about a 1927 case led to a reinvestigation of firearms evidence, only to confirm the original conclusion
1968-1969
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1968: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shot and killed, but firearms evidence inconclusive
1970-1978
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1975: a panel is formed to reexamine the evidence surrounding Senator Robert Kennedy's death, but the original conclusion was held
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1991-1994
1991: The Bulletproof computer system is released by Forensic Technology, Inc.
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1995-1999
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1999: ATF and FBI merge DRUGFIRE and IBIS into one system (called IBIS) and form the ATF National Firearm Examiner Academy
2003-Present
2004: United States v Foster court allows ballistics testimony because it meets the Daubert standard
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2003: court in United States v O'Driscoll case rules that testimony involving ballistics is relevant in court
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2007: United States v Edgar Diaz court ruled that all firearms identification methods are reliable but cannot be determined with absolute certainty