Texas Forensic Science Commission
November 2-3 program on Understanding Forensic DNA for Lawyers and Judges
This conference is free and will use a sexual assault crime scenario to explore DNA issues that arise during criminal investigations, at trial, and in post-conviction proceedings. It will address these issues from both scientific and legal perspectives, considering what DNA can and cannot tell us and how judges and lawyers can better understand the uses and limitations of DNA evidence. This program will be held in Austin in the State Capitol auditorium and is sponsored by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the Texas Forensic Science Commission, the Texas Center for the Judiciary, the Texas District and County Attorneys Association and The Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
- Reserve a spot
- Parking information (public parking indicated in BLUE)
- Hour-to-hour agenda
- Crime Scene Scenario
- Bioscreening Report
- DNA Report 1: Original Analysis
- DNA Report 2: Y-Screening
- DNA Report 3: STRmix Reinterpretation
- Program Evaluation
Day One
- 9:00 am: Welcome and Introduction of the Crime Scenario (Wilson Bio) (Hervey Bio) (Garcia Bio)
- 9:45 am: Laboratory Evidence Handling and Forensic Biology Screening - PowerPoint (Avila Bio) (Mills Bio) (Wolff Bio) (Wirskye Bio)
- 10:45 am: Understanding DNA Extraction, Amplification, and Quantitation - PowerPoint (Canela Bio) (Payan Bio)
- 1:00 pm: DNA Interpretation Basics - PowerPoint 1; PowerPoint 2 (Foster Bio) (Howard Bio)
- 2:00 pm: You Can Do It: Achieving a Basic Understanding of DNA Statistics - PowerPoint (Coble Bio) (Hughes Bio) (Wirskye Bio)
- 3:15 pm: All About Testimony Panel: Part One - PowerPoint (Boswell Bio) (Kennedy Bio) (Watson Bio) (Baumgartner Bio) (Bailey Bio)
Day Two
- 9:00 am: All About Testimony Panel: Part Two - PowerPoint (Boswell Bio) (Kennedy Bio) (Baumgartner Bio) (Bailey Bio)
- 9:45 am: Ethical Responsibilities: Brady v. Maryland, the Michael Morton Act, Lawyer Disciplinary Rules and the Scientist's Duty to Correct - PowerPoint (Guy Bio) (Garcia Bio)
- 11:00 am: Chapter 64 Filing/State's Response - PowerPoint; Inventory; Motion; Harnessing DNA's Power (Wicoff Bio) (Howard Bio)
- 1:00 pm: Writs and More: A Nuts-and-Bolts Intro to Post-Conviction Habeas - PowerPoint; Paper (Falkenberg Bio) (Nicolas Bio)
- 2:45 pm: DNA Technology on the Horizon - PowerPoint (Coble Bio) (Montford Bio) (Gooding Bio)