I believe the fingerprints-from-glass would be thrown out of court. You certainly couldn't hinge the entire case on it, because (at least in the US) it'd be considered involuntary search or something like that, can't remember the phrase now. You'd have to be able to prove via some completely independent evidence that you would've ended up arresting this person anyway, at which point you might be able to make the fingerprints part of the case, but that last part is a maybe, from what I hear. Possibly depending on whether the judge is paying attention, or something.
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Date: 6 Feb 2011 06:44 pm (UTC)