State v. Boles

OPINION

FELDMAN, Justice.

Timothy Roosevelt Boles (Defendant) appealed his convictions for eighteen felonies arising out of various sexual offenses. On review, a majority of the court of appeals found that although the trial judge properly admitted evidence that Defendant’s DNA autoradiogram matched that of the samples recovered from two of the victims, he committed fundamental error by allowing the state’s experts to express opinions that implied the autorad match positively identified Defendant. Because the majority found error that tainted all the jury’s verdicts, the court of appeals…