Panel Finds No Error In Admission Of DNA Testing Opinion In Criminal Case

(November 18, 2016, 12:16 PM EST) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — In a criminal case, a trial judge did not err by admitting a DNA analyst’s expert opinion concerning DNA profiling from a DNA sample discovered on a concrete slab in a defendant’s apartment because the foundation for the opinion satisfied the requirements under North Carolina Rule of Evidence 702, a North Carolina appeals panel held Nov. 15 (State of North Carolina v. Lawrence Donell Flood Sr., No. COA16-252, N.C. App.; 2016 N.C. App. LEXIS 1121)....

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