Troxell v. State

BOEHM, Justice.

James Troxell was convicted of burglary, attempted rape, and battery and sentenced to eighty years imprisonment. In this direct appeal, Troxell challenges the chain of custody of DNA samples from him and the victim and also contends that because the conclusions as to DNA matches were derived by Short Tandem Repeat analysis they were not properly admitted under Evidence Rule 702(b). ° We affirm the trial court.

Factual and Procedural Background

In the early morning of June 17, 1997, the victim was awakened in her bed by a punch in the face. After several blows, the attacker…