U.S. v. VAN WYK

No. Crim. 99-217(WGB).

83 F.Supp.2d 515 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Roy VAN WYK, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

February 8, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. McKenna, Asst. U.S. Atty., United States Attorney's Office, Newark, NJ, for U.S.

John H. Yauch, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Newark, NJ, for defendant.


OPINION

BASSLER, District Judge.

This opinion addresses the question whether an agent of the FBI can testify as a forensic stylistic expert and whether forensic stylistics is a reliable technique to allow the expert to identify Defendant as the author of unidentified threatening letters.

This matter comes before the Court on the Defendant's in limine motion to exclude the testimony of the Government's expert witness FBI Special Agent...

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