People v. Lebron

The defendant’s contention that, the Supreme Court erred in admitting into evidence testimony from the People’s expert witness regarding the probability of a coincidental match of a partial DNA profile obtained from the victim’s fingernails with a DNA profile in the local population is unpreserved for appellate review {see CPL 470.05 [2]; People v Peele, 73 AD3d 1219, *11631221 [2010]) and, in any event, is without merit. Where, as here, population studies are presented to estimate the probability of a coincidental DNA match, a defendant’s challenges to the population studies “go not to…