Britt v. State

A Benton County jury convicted appellant John Britt of raping his teenage daughter, and he was sentenced to forty years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. On appeal, Britt argues that the trial court erred in admitting expert testimony on Y-STR1 DNA testing because it does not comport with the standards set forth in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. , 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), and that the trial court's admission of such evidence violated Arkansas Rule of Evidence 702. We affirm.

I. Procedural History

On January 30, 2017, Britt was charged with one…