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Bureau of Justice Statistics

Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices, 2018

This report provides data on the personnel, budget, workload, and policies of medical examiner and coroner offices in the United States. The report details the number and type of personnel employed, staff certification, and training. It includes the number of cases referred to and accepted by medical examiner and coroner offices, the number of autopsies conducted, and the number of decedents with unidentified remains on record, including the percentage from which DNA evidence has been collected. Findings are based on data from BJS’s 2018 and 2004 Census of Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices [Description provided by the BJS website].
November 2021
Legal Document Repository

Maryland Criminal Procedure – Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search – Applicability for Deceased and Missing Individuals

The Maryland General Assembly enacted an amendment (effective October 1, 2024) to the comprehensive statute limiting the application and use of Forensic Genetic Genealogical DNA Analysis and Search (FGGS) set forth in Title 17 of the Criminal Procedure Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, excluding steps taken using FGGS to identify unidentified human remains from coverage of Title 17. This comprehensive statute was originally enacted, and took effect, on October 1, 2021.
October 2021
Legal Document Repository

Washington v. Miller – Case Documents

1) Affidavit of Probable Cause
2) Defendant’s Motion to Exclude Evidence
3) Defense Trial Brief and Motions in Limine
4) State’s Response to Defense Motions
October 2020
Legal Document Repository

State’s Response to Defense Motions (Washington v. Miller)

Prosecution addresses four evidentiary issues raised in the case including: 1) relevance of jail calls made by the defendant, 2) access to firearms, 3) newspaper articles, and 4) statistical probability not necessary pertaining a to female fraction in a differential extraction.
October 2020
Investigative Stage (Pre-Charge) Issues

Family Tree Memo (State of Maryland v. Biagas)

An example of the completion of a family tree build-out established as part of the Forensic Genetic Genealogy investigation within a Maryland homicide case.
October 2020

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