Legal Opinion

Clarke v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided August 20, 1991No. 2-89-290-CRPublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MEYERS, Justice.

Appellant, Matthew Thomas Clarke, was convicted by a jury of the offense of aggravated sexual assault. See Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 22.021 (Vernon 1989). The jury assessed punishment at ninety-nine years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

We affirm.

Appellant brings the following six points of error on appeal of his conviction alleging that the trial court erred in admitting: (1) DNA-PCR forensic evidence in violation of the standard established in Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923); (2) evidence of DNA-DQ alpha typing, even as judged under the “relevance” standard…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  3. Garcia v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1978
  4. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
  5. Pierce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. State v. RussellWashington Supreme Court · 1994
  2. State v. MoellerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  3. State v. CarterNebraska Supreme Court · 1994
  4. State v. ButterfieldUtah Supreme Court · 2001
  5. People v. PopeAppellate Court of Illinois · 1996

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