Legal Opinion
People v. Wakefield
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 9, 2015PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*851OPINION OF THE COURT
Michael V. Coccoma, J.
The defendant John Wakefield is charged with murder in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.27 [1]), murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [1] [a]), murder in the second degree (Penal Law § 125.25 [3]), robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [1]), and robbery in the first degree (Penal Law § 160.15 [3]).
The People seek to introduce at trial scientific evidence of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) using a probabilistic genotype analysis. The defendant does not argue that the principles and procedures applied to the evidence in this case to…
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