Our good friend, Ron Moore, Esquire writes us “I actu­ally had a client research­ing lawyers who looked at the Truth About Foren­sic Sci­ence geek of the week posts and liked my answers. It made a dif­fer­ence in who he decided to hire. Thanks!” So, there is a lot of value in www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week Chal­lenge. Try it out today.

Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Thanks to the com­bined inspi­ra­tion of Chris­tine Funk, Esquire and Chuck Ram­say, Esquire, a new twist of this blog is being intro­duced. A weekly fun foren­sic sci­ence challenge/trivia ques­tion. The win­ner will be affec­tion­ately dubbed “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week.”

Rules:

1. The chal­lenge will be posted Sun­day morn­ing 12 noon EST.
2. Answers to the chal­lenge will be entered by respond­ing to this blog post or thewww.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.
3. All com­ments that are answers to this blog will released after 9pm EST.
4. The first com­plete and cor­rect answer will be awarded the envi­ous title of “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week”
5. “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” is enti­tled a one time post of his/her pic­ture on this blog and the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page. The cov­eted title will be his/her for that week. Addi­tion­ally, a win­ner will be allowed one link to one web­page of his/her choice. Both the pic­ture and the weblink is sub­ject to the approval of Justin J McShane, Esquire and will only be screened for appro­pri­ate taste.
6. The win­ner will be announced Sun­day night.
7. A win­ner may only repeat two times in a row, then will have to sit out a week to be eli­gi­ble again. This per­son, who was the two time in a row win­ner, may answer the ques­tion, but will be dis­qual­i­fied from the honor so as to allow oth­ers to participate.
8. This is for learn­ing and for fun. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO TRY TO ANSWER THE WEEKLY QUESTION. So give it a shot.

Here it is:

The www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com “Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” chal­lenge ques­tion. Remem­ber the first full and com­plete answer wins the honor and also gets his/her photo dis­played, brag­ging rights for the week and finally web­site promotion.

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What is it use­ful for?

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61: William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 78: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 79: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 8o: Justin Har­ris, Esquire

Week 81: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 82: Jay Tiftick­jian, Esquire

The Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Please visit the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.

The week 78 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” hon­ors goes to: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Accord­ing to our Geek, the fol­low­ing is offered:

Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esq., is admit­ted to prac­tice in State of New Jer­sey and the United States Dis­trict Court for the Dis­trict of New Jer­sey. He spe­cial­izes in DWI defense.  Mr. Her­nan­dez is a mem­ber of the National Col­lege of DUI Defense (NCDD). Amer­i­can Bar Asso­ci­a­tion, The New Jer­sey Bar Asso­ci­a­tion, and the Ocean County Bar Asso­ci­a­tion.  He has suc­cess­fully com­pleted the DUI Detec­tion & Stan­dard­ized Field Sobri­ety Test­ing, the same course rec­og­nized by the National High­way Trans­porta­tion Safety Admin­is­tra­tion (NHTSA), used to train police per­son­nel. Mr. Her­nan­dez was the first attor­ney in New Jer­sey to receive his Foren­sic Sobri­ety Assess­ment (FSA) Cer­tifi­cate, by demon­strat­ing knowl­edge of the sci­ence and foren­sic use of road­side sobri­ety testing.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to our Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week winner!

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What is it used for?

3. How does it work?

4. Are there any known issues with respect to its foren­sic suit­abil­ity? If so, what?

 

Our Geek of the Week answered:

(1) Duquenois-Levine Reagent is a test for detect­ing mar­i­juana and hashish and the residue of THC in para­pher­na­lia. It con­tains vanillin, con­cen­trated hydrochlo­ric acid, and chlo­ro­form (2) It used by : a. Remov­ing clip; b. Adding sub­stance into pouch c. Replace clip d. Break left ampoule, agi­tate for one minute. Look for any color that formed (none should occur). e. Break mid­dle ampoule, agi­tate until color changes. Look for any color formed (a rich violet-blue should occur). f. Break right ampoule, and agi­tate for 5 sec­onds. g. Observe color change: if slate grey upper level over pur­ple lower level, then it is pos­i­tive for mar­i­juana. (3) Foren­si­cally speak­ing it is not very reli­able. The test has been known to pro­duce false pos­i­tives and has been known iden­tify some plants, such as nut­meg as marijuana.

[BLOGGER’S NOTE: The myth of spe­cific iden­ti­fi­ca­tion of Mar­i­juana in crim­i­nal court Part 4: What is the mod­i­fied Duquenois-Levine test? Is it a “good” test?

A very hon­or­able men­tion goes to: Anthaony Gra­viano who wrote:

1. The image is of an Duquenois-Levine reagent pouch which is part of an ODV Nar­coPouch nar­cotics field test­ing kit.

2. It is used by inves­ti­ga­tors to test an unknown sub­stance for the pres­ence of Marijuana.

3. The test is per­formed by first plac­ing approx­i­mately 10-20mg of the tar­get sub­stance into the ampoule that comes with the test­ing kit. The Duquenois-Levine reagent pouch is then added to the ampoule. The mix­ture is shaken to allow for a proper mix­ture and if the mix­ture turns pur­ple it is an indi­ca­tion that the unknown sub­stance is Marijuana.

4. This test has a num­ber of known issues. There is room for error in the tester’s per­cep­tion of the color. Fac­tors such as improper light­ing or the back­ground in which the test is viewed upon could impact the tester’s per­cep­tion and they might think the test turned pur­ple when it is, in-fact not. Start­ing in the 1960’s and 70’s, there were var­i­ous stud­ies that indi­cated the Duquenois-Levine reagent test is not spe­cific to Mar­i­juana. In 1969, a UK gov­ern­ment sci­en­tist named M.J. de Faubert Maun­der dis­cov­ered that 25 dif­fer­ent organic sub­stances pro­duced a sim­i­lar color as Mar­i­juana in the Duquenois-Levine reagent test, warn­ing that it should never be used as the only con­clu­sive evi­dence. Another study which was pub­lished in 1975 in The Jour­nal of Crim­i­nal Defense stated “The micro­scopic and chem­i­cal screen­ing tests presently used in mar­i­juana analy­sis are not spe­cific even in com­bi­na­tion for ‘mar­i­juana’ defined in any way.” In con­clu­sion, the Nar­coPouch field test­ing kit is not foren­si­cally suit­able to be used by itself as con­clu­sive evi­dence that an unknown sub­stance is Marijuana.

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61: William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 78: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 79: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 8o: Justin Har­ris, Esquire

Week 81: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 82: Jay Tiftick­jian, Esquire

The Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Please visit the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.

The week 82 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” hon­ors goes to: Jay Tiftick­jian, Esquire

Accord­ing to our Geek, the fol­low­ing is offered:

Den­ver attor­ney Jay Tiftick­jian car­ries a Pre­em­i­nent AV® rat­ing in Martindale-Hubbell, the high­est rat­ing an attor­ney can achieve based on con­fi­den­tial rat­ings by mem­bers of the Col­orado Judi­ciary and Col­orado Bar. Martindale-Hubbell is the nation’s old­est and most respected legal direc­tory, and a Pre­em­i­nent AV® rat­ing is an out­stand­ing achieve­ment, demon­strat­ing an attorney’s superb legal abil­ity and pro­fes­sional ethics. A Pre­em­i­nent AV® rat­ing demon­strates an attor­ney has reached the height of pro­fes­sional excellence.

In 2010, Mr. Tiftick­jian was granted Life Mem­ber­ship sta­tus with the Col­orado Crim­i­nal Defense Bar based on his con­tri­bu­tions to crim­i­nal defense in Col­orado. There are cur­rently fewer than 20 Life Mem­bers of the CCDB, and attor­ney Tiftick­jian is proud to be the youngest Life Member.

Mr. Tiftick­jian is listed in the pres­ti­gious Bar Reg­is­ter of Pre­em­i­nent Lawyers™ for crim­i­nal defense. The Bar Reg­is­ter of Pre­em­i­nent Lawyers is a national direc­tory for only those prac­tic­ing attor­neys at the top of their field, and is the defin­i­tive guide of the most dis­tin­guished lawyers and law firms in the United States.

In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Tiftick­jian was nom­i­nated as a Super Lawyer: Ris­ing Star for recog­ni­tion of the up and com­ing defense attor­neys in Col­orado. This award rec­og­nizes the best crim­i­nal defense attor­neys in Col­orado under 40 as voted on by the Col­orado Bar. No more than 2.5 per­cent of attor­neys receive this award. Mr. Tiftick­jian was also pro­filed in 2010 and 2011’s 5280 Mag­a­zine for Den­ver DUI/DWI defense and crim­i­nal defense.

Mr. Tiftick­jian is a mem­ber of The National Asso­ci­a­tion of Crim­i­nal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), The National Col­lege of DUI Defense (NCDD), The Col­orado Bar Asso­ci­a­tion (CBA) and The Col­orado Crim­i­nal Defense Bar (CCDB). He has also received cer­ti­fi­ca­tion in the National High­way Traf­fic Safety Admin­is­tra­tion (NHSTA) DUI field sobri­ety test prac­ti­tioner and instruc­tor course.

Mr. Tiftick­jian reg­u­larly attends ses­sions within the National Col­lege for DUI Defense, includ­ing its yearly DUI train­ing con­ducted at Har­vard Law School. This is the NCDD’s sig­na­ture pro­gram to develop DUI trial skills, includ­ing inno­v­a­tive ways to attack breath tests, blood tests, field sobri­ety tests, and the prosecution’s police offi­cers and expert witnesses.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to our Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week winner!

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What type of search is is conducting?

3. Are there any known issues with respect to this type of search’s foren­sic suit­abil­ity? If so, what?

Our Geek of the Week answered:.

This is enCase and it looks to be doing a hard­drive search, although I am not cer­tain of this as I have never had my paws on the pro­gram. It is known to have prob­lems with search­ing emails.

[BLOGGER’S NOTE: This is a tough one in terms of ques­tion num­ber 2 and 3 for the very rea­son Attor­ney Tiftick­jian sug­gests. The defense bar and defense inves­ti­ga­tors are not sup­posed to have access to enCase. The pro­gram itself is pre­form­ing what is called a hash value search. The National Cen­ter for Miss­ing and Exploited Chil­dren (NCMEC) data­base of SHA-1 hash val­ues is a data­base library of SHA-1 hash val­ues of sup­pos­edly adju­di­cated child pornog­ra­phy images. What pre­cisely it con­tains and how it is deter­mined to be “adju­di­cated” is not totally avail­able to the pri­vate sec­tor, fur­ther increas­ing the dif­fi­culty of com­puter foren­sic exam­i­na­tions for the defen­dants. Specif­i­cally, the screen­shot fea­tured in our Geek of the Week chal­lenge shows the results of match­ing files against hash sets. The “Hash Set” col­umn shows what “pack­age” the file belongs to. The com­ments in the sig­na­ture col­umn tell you about inter­est­ing bits – for instance, logo.sys is a bitmap even though its exten­sion is .sys.]

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61: William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 78: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 79: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 8o: Justin Har­ris, Esquire

Week 81: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 82: Jay Tiftick­jian, Esquire

Our good friend, Ron Moore, Esquire writes us “I actu­ally had a client research­ing lawyers who looked at the Truth About Foren­sic Sci­ence geek of the week posts and liked my answers. It made a dif­fer­ence in who he decided to hire. Thanks!” So, there is a lot of value in www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week Chal­lenge. Try it out today.

Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Thanks to the com­bined inspi­ra­tion of Chris­tine Funk, Esquire and Chuck Ram­say, Esquire, a new twist of this blog is being intro­duced. A weekly fun foren­sic sci­ence challenge/trivia ques­tion. The win­ner will be affec­tion­ately dubbed “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week.”

Rules:

1. The chal­lenge will be posted Sun­day morn­ing 12 noon EST.
2. Answers to the chal­lenge will be entered by respond­ing to this blog post or thewww.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.
3. All com­ments that are answers to this blog will released after 9pm EST.
4. The first com­plete and cor­rect answer will be awarded the envi­ous title of “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week”
5. “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” is enti­tled a one time post of his/her pic­ture on this blog and the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page. The cov­eted title will be his/her for that week. Addi­tion­ally, a win­ner will be allowed one link to one web­page of his/her choice. Both the pic­ture and the weblink is sub­ject to the approval of Justin J McShane, Esquire and will only be screened for appro­pri­ate taste.
6. The win­ner will be announced Sun­day night.
7. A win­ner may only repeat two times in a row, then will have to sit out a week to be eli­gi­ble again. This per­son, who was the two time in a row win­ner, may answer the ques­tion, but will be dis­qual­i­fied from the honor so as to allow oth­ers to participate.
8. This is for learn­ing and for fun. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO TRY TO ANSWER THE WEEKLY QUESTION. So give it a shot.

Here it is:

The www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com “Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” chal­lenge ques­tion. Remem­ber the first full and com­plete answer wins the honor and also gets his/her photo dis­played, brag­ging rights for the week and finally web­site promotion.

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What type of search is is conducting?

3. Are there any known issues with respect to this type of search’s foren­sic suit­abil­ity? If so, what?

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61:William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 78: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 79: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 8o: Justin Har­ris, Esquire

Week 81: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Our good friend, Ron Moore, Esquire writes us “I actu­ally had a client research­ing lawyers who looked at the Truth About Foren­sic Sci­ence geek of the week posts and liked my answers. It made a dif­fer­ence in who he decided to hire. Thanks!” So, there is a lot of value in www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week Chal­lenge. Try it out today.

Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Thanks to the com­bined inspi­ra­tion of Chris­tine Funk, Esquire and Chuck Ram­say, Esquire, a new twist of this blog is being intro­duced. A weekly fun foren­sic sci­ence challenge/trivia ques­tion. The win­ner will be affec­tion­ately dubbed “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week.”

Rules:

1. The chal­lenge will be posted Sun­day morn­ing 12 noon EST.
2. Answers to the chal­lenge will be entered by respond­ing to this blog post or thewww.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.
3. All com­ments that are answers to this blog will released after 9pm EST.
4. The first com­plete and cor­rect answer will be awarded the envi­ous title of “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week”
5. “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” is enti­tled a one time post of his/her pic­ture on this blog and the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page. The cov­eted title will be his/her for that week. Addi­tion­ally, a win­ner will be allowed one link to one web­page of his/her choice. Both the pic­ture and the weblink is sub­ject to the approval of Justin J McShane, Esquire and will only be screened for appro­pri­ate taste.
6. The win­ner will be announced Sun­day night.
7. A win­ner may only repeat two times in a row, then will have to sit out a week to be eli­gi­ble again. This per­son, who was the two time in a row win­ner, may answer the ques­tion, but will be dis­qual­i­fied from the honor so as to allow oth­ers to participate.
8. This is for learn­ing and for fun. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO TRY TO ANSWER THE WEEKLY QUESTION. So give it a shot.

Here it is:

The www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com “Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” chal­lenge ques­tion. Remem­ber the first full and com­plete answer wins the honor and also gets his/her photo dis­played, brag­ging rights for the week and finally web­site promotion.

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What tech­nol­ogy is it based upon?

3. Are there any known issues with respect to its foren­sic suit­abil­ity? If so, what?

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61:William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 78: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 79: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 8o: Justin Har­ris, Esquire

The Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Please visit the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.

The week 80 “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” hon­ors goes to: Justin Har­ris, Esquire

Accord­ing to our Geek, the fol­low­ing is offered:

Justin Har­ris joined Greco & Asso­ciates, P.C. in Sep­tem­ber, 2011. He is a native Hous­ton­ian, born and raised in North­west Hous­ton, before his fam­ily relo­cated to Mag­no­lia, Texas in 1997. Justin takes pride in his hard work, atten­tion to detail, pro­fes­sion­al­ism and work­ing very hard to fight for his clients in each and every case.

Justin began work­ing in the legal field as a project assis­tant for one of the top law firms in the coun­try in 2000. Over the next decade, Justin worked on thou­sands of cases. Through­out col­lege and law school, he worked for var­i­ous law firms in both Austin and Hous­ton, each spe­cial­iz­ing in dif­fer­ent areas of the law. After his grad­u­a­tion from South­west­ern Uni­ver­sity in George­town, Texas, Justin took sev­eral years to gain legal expe­ri­ence before he embarked upon his life­long dream of attend­ing law school. He enrolled at South Texas Col­lege of Law in 2008 and ful­filled his dream in 2011 when he grad­u­ated and suc­cess­fully passed the Texas bar exam, gain­ing admit­tance to the State Bar of Texas. Dur­ing law school, Justin clerked for sev­eral promi­nent Hous­ton crim­i­nal defense attor­neys, work­ing in Har­ris, Fort Bend, Mont­gomery, Galve­ston, Bra­zo­ria, Grimes, Jef­fer­son and Lib­erty Coun­ties. At each, he gained invalu­able expe­ri­ence, being men­tored by trial and appel­late attor­neys as well as for­mer pros­e­cu­tors. Upon grad­u­a­tion from law school, he received offers to join dif­fer­ent law firms, but set­tled on Greco & Asso­ciates, P.C. based upon their rep­u­ta­tion for fight­ing hard for their clients’ cases and after see­ing their ded­i­ca­tion to each client. After three years of work­ing while attend­ing law school, Justin has worked closely on hun­dreds of crim­i­nal cases and par­tic­i­pated in over a dozen crim­i­nal trials.

Justin joins Greco & Asso­ciates, P.C. with nearly twelve years of legal expe­ri­ence at dif­fer­ent posi­tions within var­i­ous law firms. In addi­tion to his love of the law, Justin greatly enjoys play­ing the gui­tar, attend­ing live music events, trav­el­ing and spend­ing time with his fam­ily and friends.

Con­grat­u­la­tions to our Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week winner!

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What is it used for?

3. Are there any known issues with respect to its foren­sic suit­abil­ity? If so, what?

Our Geek of the Week answered:

Here’s my best guess:

1. A dis­tance mea­sur­ing wheel, some­times also called a “rolling dis­tance mea­sur­ing wheel.”

2. It is rolled along a sur­face (usu­ally the ground) from one point to another point to pro­vide a dis­tance that is mea­sured by a small odometer-type gauge (typ­i­cally).  It is most often appro­pri­ate for mea­sur­ing dis­tances when a typ­i­cal tape mea­sure would not work. The known cir­cum­fer­ence of the wheel is used to pro­vide a lin­ear mea­sure­ment through the “odometer”.

3. Sev­eral issues with its reli­a­bil­ity: First, if the dis­tance between point A to point B involves bumps, dips or inun­da­tions in the sur­face, the dis­tance pro­vided by the wheel will be affected and inac­cu­rate.  Sec­ond, depend­ing on the qual­ity of the par­tic­u­lar device, the “odome­ter” may not be as accu­rate as another.  Third, and most sig­nif­i­cantly, a lot of the wheel’s accu­racy is depen­dent upon the user–if the user does not keep close, firm con­tact with the sur­face the wheel rolls over, it may allow the wheel to spin with­out being in con­tact with the sur­face; this will also dis­tort the mea­sure­ment pro­vided by the wheel.  Finally, and, admit­tedly, I am not com­pletely sure of this one, the devices are typ­i­cally unable to be cal­i­brated.  After pro­longed use, the cir­cum­fer­ence of the wheel may dimin­ish (if even slight, it will become more pro­nounced over longer dis­tances).  The gears in the “odome­ter” may slacken, etc.

[BLOGGER’S NOTE: Very hon­or­able men­tion goes to Ron Moore, Esquire who answered: “This is a Roll-a-tape. Its used in larger crime scenes and espe­cially vehic­u­lar acci­dents to make dis­tance mea­sure­ments for doc­u­ment­ing the posi­tion of evi­dence. Its not the most accu­rate device for mea­sur­ing dis­tances, but then again, mil­lime­ter accu­racy usu­ally isn’t required. there are more mod­ern meth­ods avail­able that use dGSP and lasers for mea­sur­ing. I’ve never heard of a roll-a-tape being cal­i­brated, nor have I heard of evi­dence being excluded because the roll-a-tape might have been a lit­tle off.”]

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61: William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 78: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 79: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 8o: Justin Har­ris, Esquire

Our good friend, Ron Moore, Esquire writes us “I actu­ally had a client research­ing lawyers who looked at the Truth About Foren­sic Sci­ence geek of the week posts and liked my answers. It made a dif­fer­ence in who he decided to hire. Thanks!” So, there is a lot of value in www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week Chal­lenge. Try it out today.

Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Thanks to the com­bined inspi­ra­tion of Chris­tine Funk, Esquire and Chuck Ram­say, Esquire, a new twist of this blog is being intro­duced. A weekly fun foren­sic sci­ence challenge/trivia ques­tion. The win­ner will be affec­tion­ately dubbed “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week.”

Rules:

1. The chal­lenge will be posted Sun­day morn­ing 12 noon EST.
2. Answers to the chal­lenge will be entered by respond­ing to this blog post or thewww.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.
3. All com­ments that are answers to this blog will released after 9pm EST.
4. The first com­plete and cor­rect answer will be awarded the envi­ous title of “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week”
5. “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” is enti­tled a one time post of his/her pic­ture on this blog and the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page. The cov­eted title will be his/her for that week. Addi­tion­ally, a win­ner will be allowed one link to one web­page of his/her choice. Both the pic­ture and the weblink is sub­ject to the approval of Justin J McShane, Esquire and will only be screened for appro­pri­ate taste.
6. The win­ner will be announced Sun­day night.
7. A win­ner may only repeat two times in a row, then will have to sit out a week to be eli­gi­ble again. This per­son, who was the two time in a row win­ner, may answer the ques­tion, but will be dis­qual­i­fied from the honor so as to allow oth­ers to participate.
8. This is for learn­ing and for fun. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO TRY TO ANSWER THE WEEKLY QUESTION. So give it a shot.

Here it is:

The www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com “Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” chal­lenge ques­tion. Remem­ber the first full and com­plete answer wins the honor and also gets his/her photo dis­played, brag­ging rights for the week and finally web­site promotion.

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What is it used for?

3. Are there any known issues with respect to its foren­sic suit­abil­ity? If so, what?

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61:William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 78: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 79: UNCLAIMED. IT COULD BE YOU!

Our good friend, Ron Moore, Esquire writes us “I actu­ally had a client research­ing lawyers who looked at the Truth About Foren­sic Sci­ence geek of the week posts and liked my answers. It made a dif­fer­ence in who he decided to hire. Thanks!” So, there is a lot of value in www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week Chal­lenge. Try it out today.

Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week

Thanks to the com­bined inspi­ra­tion of Chris­tine Funk, Esquire and Chuck Ram­say, Esquire, a new twist of this blog is being intro­duced. A weekly fun foren­sic sci­ence challenge/trivia ques­tion. The win­ner will be affec­tion­ately dubbed “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week.”

Rules:

1. The chal­lenge will be posted Sun­day morn­ing 12 noon EST.
2. Answers to the chal­lenge will be entered by respond­ing to this blog post or thewww.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page.
3. All com­ments that are answers to this blog will released after 9pm EST.
4. The first com­plete and cor­rect answer will be awarded the envi­ous title of “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week”
5. “www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” is enti­tled a one time post of his/her pic­ture on this blog and the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Face­Book fan page. The cov­eted title will be his/her for that week. Addi­tion­ally, a win­ner will be allowed one link to one web­page of his/her choice. Both the pic­ture and the weblink is sub­ject to the approval of Justin J McShane, Esquire and will only be screened for appro­pri­ate taste.
6. The win­ner will be announced Sun­day night.
7. A win­ner may only repeat two times in a row, then will have to sit out a week to be eli­gi­ble again. This per­son, who was the two time in a row win­ner, may answer the ques­tion, but will be dis­qual­i­fied from the honor so as to allow oth­ers to participate.
8. This is for learn­ing and for fun. EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO TRY TO ANSWER THE WEEKLY QUESTION. So give it a shot.

Here it is:

The www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com “Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week” chal­lenge ques­tion. Remem­ber the first full and com­plete answer wins the honor and also gets his/her photo dis­played, brag­ging rights for the week and finally web­site promotion.

OFFICIAL QUESTION:

2. What is it used for?

3. How does it work?

4. Are there any known issues with respect to its foren­sic suit­abil­ity? If so, what?

The Hall of Fame for the www.TheTruthAboutForensicScience.com Foren­sic Sci­ence Geek of the Week:

Week 1: Chuck Ram­say, Esquire

Week 2: Rick McIn­doe, PhD

Week 3: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 4: Stephen Daniels

Week 5: Stephen Daniels

Week 6: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 7: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 8: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 9: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 10: Kelly Case, Esquire and Michael Dye, Esquire

Week 11: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 12: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 13: Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 14: Josh D, Lee, Esquire

Week 15: Joshua Dale, Esquire and Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 16: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 17: Joshua Dale, Esquire

Week 18: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 19: Amanda Bynum, Esquire

Week 20: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 21: Glen Nee­ley, Esquire

Week 22:  Stephen Daniels

Week 23:  Ron Moore, B.S., J.D.

Week 24: Bobby Spinks

Week 25:  Jon Woolsey, Esquire

Week 26: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 27: Richard Mid­dle­brook, Esquire

Week 28:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 29: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 30: C. Jef­frey Sifers, Esquire

Week 31: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 32: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 33: Andy Johnston

Week 34: Ralph R. Ris­ten­batt, III

Week 35: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 36: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 37: Jef­frey Benson

Week 38: Pam King, Esquire

Week 39: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 40: Robert Lantz, Ph.D.

WEEK 41: UNCLAIMED, IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 42: Steven W. Her­nan­dez, Esquire

Week 43:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 44: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 45: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 46:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 47:Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 48: Leslie M. Sam­mis, Esquire

Week 49: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 50: Jef­fery Benson

Week 51: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 52: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 53: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 54: Charles Sifers, Esquire and Tim Huey, Esquire

Week 55: Joshua Andor, Esquire

Week 56: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 57: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 58: Eric Ganci, Esquire

Week 59: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 60: Brian Man­ches­ter, Esquire

Week 61:William Her­ringer, Esquire

Week 62: UNCLAIMED IT COULD BE YOU!

Week 63: Gin­ger Moss

Week 64: Richard L. Hol­comb, Esquire

Week 65: John L. Buck­ley, Esquire

Week 66: Jeff Sifers, Esquire

Week 67: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 68: Dr. Bar­bara Von­der­haar, PhD.

Week 69: Chris­tine Funk, Esquire

Week 70: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 71: Ron Moore, Esquire

Week 72: Mehul B. Anjaria

Week 73: Josh D. Lee, Esquire

Week 74: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 75: Mehul B. Anjaria and Peter Carini, Esquire

Week 76: Kim Kehe­ley Frye, Esquire

Week 77: Mehul B. Anjaria