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- Title: People V. Barney
- Author : First Appellate District, Division Three Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 05, 1992
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 77 KB
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These two appeals challenge the admissibility of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis evidence. The primary claim is that DNA analysis is a new scientific technique which does not meet the test of general acceptance prescribed by People v. Kelly (1976) 17 Cal. 3d 24 [130 Cal. Rptr. 144, 549 P.2d 1240] and Frye v. United States (D.C. Cir. 1923) 293 Fed. 1013. We conclude that one element of current DNA analysis--the determination of the statistical significance of a match between a defendant's DNA and the DNA in bodily material found at the crime scene--does not satisfy the Kelly-Frye test, but that in both appeals the error in admitting the DNA evidence was harmless.