Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES

Tamag, Vigan City
2700 Ilocos Sur

College of Criminal Justice Education

Website: www.unp.edu.ph Mail:marcel.catayna@unp.edu.ph
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NAME OF THE STUDENT : MARCEL CATAYNA

SUBJECT TITLE : MSCJSC5 – SCIENCE OF CRIMINALISTICS

TOPIC : Research and cite any policies, guidelines,

cases or court rulings that allowed the use of
digital photos in criminal proceedings and
highlight the grounds or justifications.

NAME OF THE PROFESSOR : MERVIC M. PARIṄAS, PhD.

DATE : JANUARY 25, 2021

In USA, two cases allowed the use of digital images. These are the following cases:

State of Washington vs. Eric Hayden, 1995: A homicide case was taken through a Kelly-Frye
hearing in which the defense specifically objected on the grounds that the digital images
were manipulated. The court authorized the use of digital imaging and the defendant was
found guilty. In 1998 the Appellate Court upheld the case on appeal.

State of California vs. Phillip Lee Jackson, 1995: The San Diego (CA) Police Department used
digital image processing on a fingerprint in a double homicide case. The defense asked for a
Kelly-Frye hearing, but the court ruled this unnecessary on the argument that digital
processing is a readily accepted practice in forensics and that new information was not
added to the image .