ANDREWS v. STATE

No. 87-2166.

533 So.2d 841 (1988)

Tommie Lee ANDREWS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied November 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Kenneth Witts, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee and Kellie A. Nielan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

Andre A. Moenssens, Kilmarnock, Va., for amicus curiae, Lifecodes Corp.


ORFINGER, Judge.

The issue in this case concerns the admissibility of "genetic fingerprint" evidence, by which strands of coding found in the genetic molecule of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) are compared for the purpose of identifying the perpetrator of a crime. The trial court admitted the evidence, and the jury convicted defendant of aggravated battery, sexual battery and armed burglary of a dwelling. Defendant also contends that his motion for mistrial should have...

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