STATE v. CAUTHRON

No. 58282-3.

120 Wn.2d 879 (1993)

846 P.2d 502

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. RICHARD C. CAUTHRON, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

February 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter T. Connick, for appellant.

Seth R. Dawson, Prosecuting Attorney, and Seth Aaron Fine and Paul Stern, Deputies, for respondent.

Jon E. Ostlund, Whatcom County Public Defender, amicus curiae for appellant.

Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General, and S. Kim O'Neal, Assistant, amicus curiae for respondent.

Philip A. Talmadge and Robert G. Nylander on behalf of Cellmark Diagnostics, amicus curiae for respondent.


DURHAM, J.

Richard Cauthron appeals his conviction on seven counts of first degree rape. He argues that evidence of DNA typing was improperly admitted at trial. We affirm the trial court's decision that the scientific principle and the restricted fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) method of DNA typing are universally accepted, and therefore admissible. However, we reverse the conviction because testimony that Cauthron's DNA "matched" the perpetrator was admitted...

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