Blige v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Prince Leon Blige was tried and convicted of rape and burglary. The victim testified at trial that on November 14, 1990, at about 3:00 a.m. she was asleep on the couch at her residence and was awakened by a man standing over her who was touching her. He told her to get off the couch and led her into the bedroom where he raped her. She later identified Blige as her assailant.

An expert witness testified that a DNA sample taken from semen removed from the victim matched that of DNA found in Blige’s blood. Another expert witness testified that the probability of selecting an…