Expert Tool-Mark Opinions In Burglary Case Upheld By Michigan Federal Judge

Mealey's (July 19, 2018, 9:20 AM EDT) -- DETROIT — A trial court did not err in allowing a police expert to testify that pry marks at a burglary scene matched a crowbar found with the defendant, and counsel for the accused burglar was not ineffective for not seeking to exclude the expert’s opinions, a Michigan federal judge found July 16 in denying the defendant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus (Kolie Lanar McAdoo v. Dewayne Burton, No. 15-12579, E.D. Mich., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117937)....