NCJ Number
19730
Journal
LAW AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1975) Pages: 20-21
Date Published
1975
Length
2 pages
Annotation
REVIEW OF A NEW JERSEY SUPERIOR COURT APPELLATE DECISION REVERSING A CONVICTION MADE BY ADMISSION OF A NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER (NCIC) COMPUTER PRINTOUT AS EVIDENCE.
Abstract
THE APPELLATE JUDGE WROTE THAT THE COMPUTERIZED DATA WOULD ONLY HAVE BEEN ADMISSABLE IF PROVEN TRUSTWORTHY VIA PROSECUTION TESTIMONY AS TO HOW IT WAS FURNISHED, PROGRAMMED AND RETRIEVED, AND THE ACCURACY OF PERSONNEL OPERATING THE COMPUTER.