State v. Butterfield

RUSSON, Associate Chief Justice:

1 1 Defendant Raymond Butterfield ("But-terfield") appeals from convictions of aggravated burglary, rape of a child, sodomy on a child, and three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, all first degree felonies. See Utah Code Ann. §§ 76-6-208 & 76-5-402.1, - 408.1, -404.1 (1999). Butterfield contends that his convictions should be reversed because the trial court (1) improperly allowed the State to admit DNA evidence without laying a proper foundation to show that the scientific principles and techniques underlying the evidence were inherently reliable;…