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Bullet paths tell story of auto shop shooting, defense says - Animations show both sides’ version of shooting
Carlos Fletes says he didn’t have a gun when he was shot. (VERN FISHER/Herald file)
Two 3-D animations depicting the path of a bullet fired by a deputy into a Salinas auto shop owner three years ago vividly illustrate the two very different stories being told in this trial. Click here to read more
Topete Trial: Jury Sees Simulation of Deputy’s Death - Judge Says Video Is ‘Reasonably Close’ To Reality
David Bienick/KCRA - POSTED: 12:17 pm PDT September 7, 2011 WOODLAND, Calif. -- Jurors saw a computer simulation Wednesday that attempts to fill in some of the gaps of how Deputy Jose “Tony” Diaz was killed. Click here to read more
Diaz shooter was 70 feet away - Judge may watch Topete’s confession in chambers
By KATHERINE JARVIS / Daily Democrat Created: 09/08/2011 12:30:46 AM PDT. The shooter who murdered Yolo County Sheriff’s Deputy Tony Diaz was about 70 feet away from him when the 17 shots were fired, according to testimony Wednesday in the Marco Topete trial. Click here to read more
Caught in the act! Accident reconstruction from captured video footage can prove more than you might think.
Your client has suffered serious injury in a vehicular accident. Liability is not clear, and there is a lack of physical evidence left at the scene – no skid marks, not solid witnesses and very little to build a foundation for the reconstruction of the event. Click here to read more
Cutting Edge 3-D Reconstruction From investigator to juries, forensic animation gives accurate reconstruction
The introduction of high speed laser scanning has greatly increased the accuracy and realism available to the forensic animator. Combining this accuracy with laser-assisted photogrammetry is enabling experts, working closely with forensic animators, to accurately reconstruct events that would have been impossible or financially prohibitive, a few years ago.
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New Tools For Crime Scene Reconstruction
Forensic experts can now accurately reconstruct crimes because of the development of high-speed laser scanners. Previously impossible or prohibitively expensive reconstruction can now be done using laser data. The high-speed laser can develop one million measurements of a crime scene in 12 minutes with an accuracy of plus or minus one-quarter of an inch! Click here to read more
New Tools for Reconstruction
Computer generated 3D animations are being used widely to demonstrate to jurors what an expert has determined occurred during an accident or crime. A 3D animation presents technical and complex information in a clear and compelling way, which enables the entire jury to see the facts of the case as the attorney and expert believe that they occurred.
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