Legal Opinion
Springfield v. State
Wyoming Supreme Court
Decided September 21, 1993No. 92-162PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDEN, Justice.
Robert Reginald Springfield appeals a judgment and sentence imposed for the commission of first degree sexual assault in violation of Wyo.Stat. § 6-2-302(a)(i) (1988). We affirm.
This appeal presents issues concerning the admissibility of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) evidence and statistics accompanying a declared match of DNA samples. We will begin by relaying the facts surrounding this crime and the course of procedure in this case. We will then discuss the scientific background of DNA profiling in brief as well as the specific techniques used to develop appellant’s DNA…
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