ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1973
Page Count: 7

Court Ordered Handwriting Exemplars—How Effective?
Mortimer, JH
FBI Laboratory,

(Received 8 February 1973; accepted 29 March 1973)

Abstract

Handwriting samples are admitted as standards of comparison by specific Federal Statute, Title 28 United States Code, Section 1731, “The admitted or proved handwriting of any person shall be admissible for purposes of comparison to determine genuineness of another handwriting attributed to such person.” This, of course, would presume that such standards are available.

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Paper ID: JFS10052J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10052J
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