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Cain
Colorado v. Cain, 1st Judicial District Court, Division
3, Jefferson County, Case
No. 01 CR 967 (2002).
This
was the first criminal case where EDR evidence was introduced.
This was a
trial court and not published.
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Beeler
California v. Michael Beeler, San Diego Superior Court,
Case No. SCD158974 (2002).
The defendant was operating a Ferrari and lost control
in a curve. He crossed the painted center median striking
a Saturn and killing the driver. The CDR Tool was used
to download the SDM from the Saturn and the Ferrari module
was downloaded by the module manufacturer. The collision
data was admitted at trial unopposed. Atissue was whether
the Ferrari was traveling at 75 mph or 64 mph in a 45
mph zone and whether this conduct was grossly negligent.
The defendant was convicted of a felony for crossing a
barrier and causing the death of another. The jury hung
on the manslaughter charge 9-3. The defendant subsequently
pled guilty to those charges. This case was contributed
by Ed Phillips who was the prosecution's expert. This
was a trial court and not published.
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Anderson
Anderson-Barahona v. General Motors Corp., No. 99A19714,
GA, Cobb County Cir. Ct.,
Apr. 7, 2000.
In
this case, the plaintiff sought data from GM to help prove
a defect causedthe car to accelerate suddenly to 90 mph
resulting in a crash. This was a trialcourt and no opinion
was published.
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