Yujiemi Chisholm, Author at Forensics TTA

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State v. Hartman (2023) Opinion – Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2

Court of Appeals decision holding that the defendant has no privacy interest in or standing to object to DNA recovered at a crime scene or in DNA of relatives that they have submitted to commercial databases.

August 2023

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Highlights

Police use trash and 26-year-old evidence for arrest in 1997 sexual assault of minors

Pennsylvania State Police charged Dorwart, 54, of Pleasure Road in Manheim Township, after using genealogical DNA to match semen recovered after the assaults to DNA collected from a Rutter’s cup Dorwart dropped into his trash in May, according to charging documents.

August 2023

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Program Requirements for Graduate Medical Education in Forensic Pathology

This document specifies the core competencies and other standards of quality and education for accredited forensic pathology graduate medical education programs.

July 2023

Investigative Resource Repository

Memorandum in Support of State’s Motion in Limine for Non-Disclosure (Idaho v. Dalrymple)

State’s memorandum in support of the motion in limine for non-disclosure of the Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) process.

July 2023

Investigative Resource Repository

State’s Motion in Limine for Non-Disclosure (Idaho v. Dalrymple)

Prosecution requests non-disclosure of Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG) process in developing investigative leads in this murder-sexual offense case.

July 2023

Denver DA

Cold Case Homicide Victim Rita DesJardine Receives Justice

A Denver jury found Steven Cumberbatch (currently 61-years-old) guilty of murdering Rita DesJardine. Ms. DesJardine was 36-years old when in December 1994, her body was found in a Denver motel room. The jury found Cumberbatch guilty of one count of murder in the first degree and he was immediately sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The verdict in the Cumberbatch case could never have been achieved without that teamwork and the sustained financial support from many federal grants focused on cold case work.

June 2023

National Association of Medical Examiners

National Association of Medical Examiners Inspection and Accreditation Policies and Procedures

The National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) Inspection and Accreditation (I&A) Program has the explicit purpose of improving the quality of the forensic/medicolegal investigation of death. The accreditation standards emphasize policies and procedures, not professional work product. The accreditation standards represent minimum standards for an adequate medicolegal death investigation system, not guidelines.

May 2023

Highlights

Committed to solving these crimes’: Federal grant will allow for new DNA testing in cold case murders

A new $500,000 grant will enable the DNA testing of evidence held in cases, some dating back decades. The federal grant also covers the addition of detectives dedicated to the cases and a prosecutor for when they crack a case.

May 2023

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Bureau of Justice Assistance

CEBR Funding Contributes to Approximately Half of All CODIS Hits to Date

Recent performance data from grantees show that CEBR funding is responsible for more than 500 CODIS hits per week. Based on the reported metrics, the CEBR Program has contributed to approximately half of all CODIS hits to date. See the FBI’s CODIS-NDIS Statistics page for more information on CODIS and BJA’s DNA CEBR Grantees page for more information on program accomplishments.

May 2023

District Attorney’s Office, Denver, CO

The People’s Ex Parte Submission & Request for Ex Parte, In Camera Hearing (Colorado v. Groshart)

Prosecution’s argument to block discovery of the Forensic Genetic Genealogy investigative process.

May 2023

Author: Yujiemi Chisholm