People v. Pizarro: Round Three Coming Up

In The Double Helix and the Law of Evidence , I wrote about the legal saga of twice-convicted Michael Antonio Pizzaro. I thought the case wa...

“Disturbing” and “Ridiculous” Expertise in State v. Zimmerman

Spectrographic speaker identification has had a troubled history. The pattern is familiar: early, enthusiastic claims; skepticism from a few...

Mathematics on Appeal: Hamilton’s Equations in Lapsley v. Xtek, Inc.

Better off Ted is a satiric TV series about wacky scientists and managers at the amoral high-tech company, Veridian Dynamics. In Lapsley v....

Maryland v. King: The Tenth Justice (Stevens) Votes

Yesterday, Justice Stevens addressed the American Constitution Society. He took the unusual step of stating how he would have voted on the c...

Maryland v. King: “Quite a Worldview”

Supreme Court watchers took note of an article by an astute reporter on “an irony” in the fact that Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the Court ...

Maryland v. King: A Digression on Ellipses, Actual Innocence, and Dr. Mengele

New York Times Supreme Court correspondent Adam Liptak recently tweaked the noses of the justices who upheld the constitutionality of routi...

Final Week of Month of Volatility Plugins II is posted

We are writing as the final week of the second installment of the Month of Volatility Plugins is now posted. Volatility 2.3 is currently in ...

Maryland v. King No. 3: Bertillonage as Precedent

There are lots of criticisms that one can make of the majority opinion in Maryland v. King -- and even more that apply to the dissent -- bu...

Maryland v. King: Interlude

The more I ruminate on the opinions in Maryland v. King , the more I find the dissenting opinion irritating and the majority opinion disappo...

Maryland v. King No. 2: Was There a Search?

In anticipation of the Supreme Court’s review of Maryland v. King , I proposed that a suitable opinion on routine pre-conviction DNA collect...

Maryland v. King No. 1: Quick Thoughts

After the oral argument in Maryland v. King , I wrote that "[i]n the end, my money is on a 5-4 (or maybe 6-3) decision for the state.&...