State v. Shaw

BEILFUSS, Reserve Judge.

The defendant, Terrance Shaw, appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree murder and first-degree sexual assault. He contends that expert scientific testimony regarding the examination and matching of fingernail clippings was improperly admitted as evidence, and that through defense counsel’s confusion a key prosecution witness was not cross-examined about that witness’s alleged perjury in a different action, thereby requiring a new trial in the interests of justice.

The admission of the scientific testimony was not an abuse of discretion and a new trial is…