State v. Bolden

It Granted. The decision of the court of appeal is reversed and defendant’s convictions and sentences are reinstated.

On appeal of defendant’s convictions and sentences on two counts of aggravated rape in violation of La.R.S. 14:42, the court of appeal determined that an error under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment occurred when the state’s DNA expert testified, over defendant’s objection, that the DNA profile developed from a blood sample taken from defendant matched the DNA profile developed by other technicians who did not testify at trial from biological samples taken from…