Legal Opinion

Molina, Wilber Ulises

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 20, 2021No. PD-1079-19Published

1Opinion of the Court

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. PD-1079-19 WILBER ULISES MOLINA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON APPELLANT’S PETITION FOR DISCRETIONARY REVIEW FROM THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS HARRIS COUNTY HERVEY, J., delivered the opinion of the unanimous Court. OPINION This case presents the question of whether the admission of expert testimony about a DNA-comparison analysis violates the Confrontation Clause when the analysis is based on computer-generated data from the expert’s laboratory and data from another laboratory. We agree with the court of appeals that it does not, and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Burch, Benjamin KnightenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2013
  3. Paredes, Jovany JampherCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2015
  4. Garrett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2017

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