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Daubert challenge templates. PCAST + NAS + FBI grounded. $197 per discipline.

Ten disciplines. Each template is an FRE 702 motion shell, a 10-15 question cross-examination bank, the lead authority’s verbatim finding with source URL, and the documented cumulative-error history. Built so you walk into the Daubert hearing prepared instead of building from scratch the night before.

Run the discipline at issue, file the FRE 702 motion with PCAST + NAS citations already organized, and walk into the Daubert hearing with a 10-15 question cross-examination bank ready.

Forensic testimony in at least 90 percent of trial transcripts the [FBI] analyzed as part of its Microscopic Hair Comparison Analysis Review contained erroneous statements.

Innocence Project / FBI joint review, 2015

Bundle — all 10 disciplines

$997 USD — half of buying all 10 singly

Order the bundle — $997

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10 disciplines · single SKUs

Pick the discipline at issue. $197 each.

Daubert — Firearm/Toolmark

FRE 702 motion + cross-exam bank to challenge ballistics ID testimony. PCAST 2016 §5.4 + NAS 2009 grounded.

Daubert — Bite Mark

FRE 702 motion + cross-exam bank to challenge bite-mark ID testimony. NAS 2009 + PCAST 2016 grounded.

Daubert — Hair Microscopy

FRE 702 motion + cross-exam bank to challenge microscopic hair comparison testimony. FBI/DOJ 2015 review grounded.

Daubert — Fingerprint

FRE 702 motion + cross-exam bank to challenge latent fingerprint testimony. PCAST 2016 §5.2 grounded.

Daubert — Drug Field Test

FRE 702 + Fourth Amendment motion to suppress field-drug-test results. NIST + lab-director critique grounded.

Daubert — Breathalyzer

FRE 702 + due-process motion to compel Intoxilyzer / Datamaster source code. Six-state appellate corpus grounded.

Daubert — BAC Retrograde

FRE 702 motion + cross-exam bank to limit prosecution retrograde-BAC testimony. Widmark-formula limits + AAFS critique grounded.

Daubert — Eyewitness ID

FRE 702 + jury-instruction motion to challenge suggestive eyewitness ID procedures. NAS 2014 grounded.

Daubert — Polygraph

FRE 702 / Frye motion to exclude polygraph evidence (or to admit a defense-favorable result). NRC 2003 grounded.

Daubert — Voice Analysis

FRE 702 motion to exclude voiceprint / spectrographic voice ID testimony. IAFPA 2007 + NRC 1979 grounded.


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The math: $97/mo gets you 3 briefs/mo (any combo of Sentencing Snapshot, JSIN Exclusion Brief, or Forensic Foundation Pack templates). At ~$172/hr CJA rate, that’s one billable hour to recover an entire month of brief work.

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Frequently asked questions.

What do I get?

Per discipline: a structured FRE 702 motion-to-exclude template (~250 words editable), a recommended cross-examination question bank (10-15 questions), a cumulative-error history with verified citations, and the lead authority's verbatim finding (PCAST, NAS, FBI/DOJ, or NRC) with the source URL stored in the brief's bibliography.

Is this legal advice?

No. The templates are research artifacts modeled on the published critique literature in each discipline. Counsel of record adapts the motion language to circuit-specific FRE 702 doctrine and the facts of the case before filing.

Why $197 per discipline?

A single Daubert literature pull and motion draft commonly takes 6-10 hours of attorney time. At a typical CJA panel rate (~$172/hr) the recovered billable time is $1,000-$1,720 per discipline. The brief is priced at roughly 11.5% of that, well under the implicit hourly rate of pulling the literature yourself.

Why is the bundle $997?

Buying all 10 disciplines individually would be $1,970. The bundle is priced at half — for solo practices that handle a mixed forensic caseload, the marginal cost of disciplines you do not file this year is small relative to the up-front time savings on the ones you do.

Are the citations verified?

Every quote in every brief carries a source URL stored alongside the citation. Lead authorities are PCAST 2016, NAS 2009, NAS 2014 (eyewitness ID), NRC 2003 (polygraph), NRC 1979 (voice ID), and the FBI/DOJ 2015 hair-microscopy review. Cumulative-error histories cite published Innocence Project corpus, NACDL Champion articles, and reported appellate opinions where the discipline was excluded or limited.

What is the refund policy?

7-day full refund on every brief, single or bundle. No questions asked.

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