Legal Opinion
State v. Fleming
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 21, 1997PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1] David G. Fleming appeals from the judgment entered in the Superior Court (Pe-nobscot County, Mead, J.) following a jury verdict finding him guilty of intentionally or knowingly causing the death of Lisa Garland in violation of 17-A M.R.S.A. § 201(1)(A) (1983). The issue on appeal is one of first impression in this state. Defendant contends that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and the “product rule” — a mathematical formula employed in this case in extrapolating the likelihood of a random DNA match 1 — has not been sufficiently accepted in the relevant scientific…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. Randolph JakobetzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1992
- People v. CollinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- United States v. Adrian Paul MartinezCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- In Re Sarah C.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2004
- In Re Estate of MarquisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
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