Legal Opinion
Paredes, Jovany Jampher
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided June 3, 2015No. PD-1043-14PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · NewellNewell, J.
Does the admission of a supervising DNA analyst’s opinion regarding a DNA match violate the Confrontation Clause when that opinion is based upon computer-generated data obtained through batch DNA testing? Neither this Court nor the United States Supreme Court has squarely answered this question. In this case, we hold that it does not. Consequently, we affirm the court of appeals’s holding that the admission of the supervising analyst’s testimony did not violate the Confrontation Clause.
Facts
Appellant, a member of the Houston-area SPPL street gang, gathered a group of gang members and…
3Cases cited15 opinions
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