Steven Timothy Hayne (born 1942) is a pathologist from the US state of Mississippi who attracted significant controversy surrounding his medical practices and testimony in criminal trials, most notably those of Cory Maye, Jimmie Duncan, and Tyler Edmonds.
He testified to performing more than 1,500 autopsies per year,[1] seven times the recommendation and considered a "Phase II deficiency" by the National Association of Medical Examiners, preventing the office from gaining accreditation.
[6][7][8] While performing these autopsies, Hayne also regularly appeared in court to testify as a forensic expert, and held down two hospital jobs.
In performing this analysis, West repeatedly pressed the mold into the cheek of Oliveaux' corpse, creating bite marks which had not previously existed.
Michael Bowers, deputy medical examiner for Ventura County, California commented with regard to the bite marks that "Dr. West created them.
[3] Hayne's involvement in the wrongful convictions of Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer was documented in the book “The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist.”[13]