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ARI offers expert witness services for cases or potential litigation involving damage to archaeological resources. Expert witness testimony can be provided for all investigation and damage assessment operations carried out by ARI. Expert witness services, including testimony, also can be provided for investigation and damage assessment 0perations conducted by others and later analyzed and evaluated by ARI.
ARI also offers expert witness services for cases involving other types of violations. These services include expert witness testimony about all investigation operations carried out by ARI for these cases.
ARI archaeologist and owner Martin McAllister has substantial experience as an expert witness in archaeological violation cases. Mr. McAllister testified as an expert witness in the following cases:
- U.S. versus Hunter, U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1998
- U.S. versus Baker, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1985
- U.S. versus Tidwell, Tidwell and Hoffman, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1984
- U.S. versus Wilda and Rahn, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1982
- U.S. versus Hancock, Brady and Morris, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, 1980
Mr. McAllister also was a retained expert witness and was prepared to testify in the following criminal and civil cases that were settled prior to trial:
- Smith versus Dean, et al., New Mexico, 2002
- Lummi Tribe versus Golder and Associates and Gordon Tucker, Washington, 2002
- State of California versus Southern California Edison, Chatsworth, California, 2000
- U.S. versus Young, Idaho, 1999
- Exxon Valdez oil spill case, Alaska, 1989-1992
- U.S. versus Seger and Seger, Arizona, 1983
- U.S. versus Meeks, Wood, Reynolds, Hargett and DeSpain, Arizona, 1982
- U.S. versus Hawley archaeological violation case, Arizona, 1981
- U.S. versus Resley, Arizona, 1980
- U.S. versus Michael, Arizona, 1978
- U.S. versus Behrends and Behrends, Arizona, 1978
- U.S. versus Lowden, Arizona, 1977
- U.S. versus Jones, Jones and Gevara, Arizona, 1977
- U.S. versus Wagner and Wagner, Arizona, 1977
- U.S. versus Smyer and May, New Mexico, 1977
ARI has access to the services of investigators who have extensive training and experience in courtroom testimony. They have testified on numerous occasions in federal, tribal and state courts. This experience includes testifying extensively before U.S. Magistrate Judges and in U.S. District Courts before federal judges and juries in a wide variety of criminal cases.
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