State v. Gomez

OPINION

HURWITZ, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 The issue befoi’e us is whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is violated when a testifying expert offei’s an opinion on the similai’ity of DNA profiles prepared by technicians who did not testify. We conclude that the expei’t’s testimony did not contravene the Confx’ontation Clause.

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¶ 2 In 2006, Joseph Wesley Gomez was arrested and charged with ci’imes related to a home invasion. Police collected items from the crime scene and submitted them, along with a blood sample taken from Gomez, to a…