Legal Opinion

People v. Bell

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 25, 2002PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Zambelli, J.), rendered July 24, 2001, convicting him of rape in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s contention that DNA evidence should not have been admitted without a statistical analysis is unpreserved for appellate review (see CPL 470.05 [2]). In any event, the contention is without merit. Here, as in People v Watley (245 AD2d 323), the People’s DNA expert did not testify that the defendant’s DNA matched the DNA found in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. People v. BaldiNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. People v. MyersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  3. People v. WatleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People v. SchouenborgAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007

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