Pendergrass v. State

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 71A03-0712-CR-00588.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Richard Pendergrass was convicted of two counts of child molesting based in part *704on DNA evidence showing he was very likely the father of the victim's aborted fetus. The State's witnesses to this effect were a laboratory supervisor with direct knowledge of the processing of the samples and an expert DNA analyst who used the laboratory's print-outs to render an opinion. Pendergrass contends his rights under the Confrontation Clause were violated because the State did not present the…