EARLY LEGAL APPLICATION AND BRIEF HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY

1859

- First time a photograph was used in US court

1875

- 1^st use oof accident scene photograph

1879

- Tintype of an injured person was admitted into evidence

1902

- Photographic comparison of bullets

1910

 - Photographic speed recorders (s drivers)

1911

- Photographs of fingerprints

1934

- Ultraviolet photog used in court

1943

- color photography in court

1854

- photog of inmates for prison records

1859

- enlarged photogs of signature

1864

- Odelbrecht: use of photog  for identification of criminals and documentation of evidence and crime scene

1882

- Alphonse Bertillion: anthropometric personal identification involved in various means of documentation

1902

- Dr. R. A. Reis: earliest crime lab

1910

 - Victor Baltazard: Comparison of bullets and cartridge cases to determine weapon type

- 1^st to individualize a bullet to a weapon

1859

- Daguerreotype was used in a civil case (Luco vs. United States) for comparing signatures.

1874

- P was used as identification evidence (Underzook vs. Commonwealth)

1943

- Used color P of spoiled meat (Civil Litigations Green vs. City and County of Denver)

1860

- Graphic wound Ps of a  victim (State vs. Conte)