Legal Opinion
State v. Manion
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 19, 2013No. 67706-3-IPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
¶1 Fabian Manion appeals his order of disposition for unlawful possession of a firearm. He claims that his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him was violated by the admission of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) evidence at his fact-finding hearing. He also claims that there was insufficient evidence to support his conviction.
¶2 The DNA expert who testified at the fact-finding hearing was the technical peer reviewer of the evidence originally examined by another analyst. The other analyst was unavailable as a witness for the hearing. The expert who testified at the hearing…
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