Legal Opinion
United States v. Porter
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 22, 1992No. 91-CO-1277PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
This appeal presents our court for the first time with the question whether *630“DNA” profiling evidence is admissible to corroborate the identification of a defendant in a criminal case. Provided that, as we anticipate, certain limited questions are successfully resolved on remand, the proponents of a technology which we view as a potentially valuable tool in the search for the truth carry the day.
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THE PACTS
A grand jury indicted Kevin E. Porter on February 28, 1990, on one count of rape, D.C.Code § 22-2801 (1989), and one count of carnal knowledge. Id. The indictment was…
2Cases cited57 opinions
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- Connecticut v. PorterSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- State v. CopelandWashington Supreme Court · 1996
- People v. MillerIllinois Supreme Court · 1996
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