State v. Faught

SCHROEDER, Justice.

NATURE OF THE CASE

This is an appeal from a conviction and sentence following a jury trial. The appellant challenges the trial court’s admission of statistical probability evidence that the appellant was the perpetrator of the rape based on comparison of DNA evidence, the sufficiency of the remainder of the evidence to support the jury’s verdict, and the propriety of the sentence imposed.

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BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

On September 23, 1993, the appellant, Gene “Gino” Allen Faught (Faught), was charged pursuant to subsections (1) and (4) of section 18-6101 of the Idaho Code…