Today, December 17, 2010, the Intoxilyzer DWI source code hearings continued in front of Judge Jerome Abrams in Hastings at the Dakota County Courthouse. Judge Abrams is hearing thousands of DWI criminal cases and implied consent driver’s license cases all challenging the source code or software for the Intoxilyzer used to test drivers suspected of DWI. Max A. Keller of Keller Criminal Defense Attorneys has been an active participant in the source code litigation, having challenged the breath testing software or Intoxilyzer source code for several years. In addition, attorney Keller has been an active member of the Source Code dream team, having written several motions and contributed to the questioning of expert witnesses.
Because fingerprints are generally considered unique, prosecutors often present fingerprint evidence as strong proof in criminal cases. However, fingerprint analysis is not always as straightforward as television crime shows make it appear.
Fingerprint evidence is a type of forensic evidence used to connect a person to a crime scene, object, or location. Investigators collect fingerprints from surfaces such as weapons, vehicles, windows, phones, or packaging materials and compare them to known prints associated with a suspect.
