Anderson v. Commonwealth

KELSEY, Judge.

A jury convicted Angel M. Anderson of rape, robbery, and forcible sodomy. On appeal, Anderson argues that:

• DNA was seized from him in violation of the Fourth Amendment and then used as a basis for seeking a search warrant to confirm the DNA match,

• the delay between the crime and his arrest was so long as to violate his due process rights,

• the DNA test results should not have been admitted because the Commonwealth’s chain-of-custody proof violated his confrontation rights and, in any event, was factually inadequate, and

• he should not have been convicted of robbery because no…