My client is accused of a crime and prosecution claims they can identify positively a bite mark as having been inflicted by my client. Can they do that?
Theoretically, if the mark was of good quality with minimal distortion, evidence and photographs properly collected and properly analyzed, a unique match could be achieved. As a practical matter, this is extremely rare. Therefore, while this is possible, most cases result in the inclusion or exclusion of the suspected biter within a class of possible biters.
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