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Bitemarks

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Contents
14.1 Background and History of Bitemarks and Bitemark Cases 3 06
14.1.1 Chronology 306
14.1.1.1 Before the Twentieth Century 3 06
14.1.1.2 Twentieth Century 307
14.1.1.3 Twenty-First Century 308
14.1.2 Significant Cases 3 08
14.1.2.1 Texas v. Doyle, 1954 3 08
14.1.2.2 Public Prosecutor v. Torgersen (Norway), 1958 3 09
14.1.2.3 Crown v. Hay (Scotland), 1967 3 09
14.1.2.4 Illinois v. Johnson, 1972 310
14.1.2.5 California v. Marx, 1975 311
14.1.2.6 Illinois v. Milone, 1976 3 12
14.1.2.7 Florida v. Bundy, 1979 and Florida v. Bundy, 1980 3 13
14.1.2.8 Florida v. Stewart, 1979 3 14
14.1.3 Problem Cases 3 16
14.1.3.1 Frederik Fasting Torgersen, 1958 316
14.1.3.2 Richard Milone, 1976 320
14.1.3.3 Greg Wilhoit, 1987 3 22
14.1.3.4 Ray Krone, 1992 3 23
14.1.3.5 Michael Cristini and Jeffrey Moldowan—Michigan 3 25
14.1.3.6 Kennedy Brewer—Mississippi 3 26
14.2 Bitemark Characteristics 3 32
14.2.1 Bitemark: Definition 3 32
14.2.2 Bitemarks and Teeth Marks 3 32
14.2.3 Class Characteristics 3 34
14.2.4 Individual Characteristics 3 36
14.2.5 Bitemark Frequency and Distribution, and
Biter Demographics 3 36
14.3 Bitemark Case Management 3 37
14.3.1 Evidence Collection 337
14.3.1.1 Evidence from the Bitemark or Patterned Injury 3 37
14.3.1.2 Evidence from Potential or Suspected Biters 3 42

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