State v. Schwartz

OPINION

POPOVICH, Chief Justice.

After granting the state’s motion to admit evidence of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing, the Hennepin County District Court, acting pursuant to Minn.R.Crim.P. 28.03, certified the following questions to the Minnesota Court of Appeals, which in turn certified the questions to this court:

1. In determining the admissibility of emerging scientific testing, is a trial court to rely on the Frye standard of general acceptability in the scientific community or the relevancy approach derived from Rules of Evidence 403 and 702?

2. May evidence of “DNA Fingerprinting”…