Lindsey v. People

We granted certiorari in People v. Lindsey, 868 P.2d 1085 (Colo.App.1993), to consider whether, in view of this court’s decision in Fishback v. People, 851 P.2d 884 (Colo.1993), the court of appeals erred in holding that the techniques employed to calculate the statistical frequency of a declared match in a Deox-yribonucleic Acid (DNA) typing case related to the weight of the evidence and not to its admissibility. Petitioner advances three reasons for reversal: (1) that at the time the DNA evidence was offered there was significant scientific disagreement concerning the validity of the…