United States v. Fujii

Fujii (defendant), a native Japanese writer, was charged with fraud for allegedly filling out handwritten, handprinted immigration forms at JFK Airport to help two Chinese nationals enter the country fraudulently. The prosecution sought to introduce handwriting expert Karen Cox's testimony matching Fujii's handwriting to the handprinted forms; Fujii moved to exclude it, and the court held a Daubert hearing. Fujii later submitted an affidavit from an expert on Japanese students' handwriting, stating that such writers focus heavily on making individual characters uniform, which would make it especially hard for a handwriting expert to detect subtle differences in their writing.