PEOPLE v. CASTRO


144 Misc.2d 956 (1989)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. Joseph Castro, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Bronx County.

August 14, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Johnson, District Attorney (Risa S. Sugarman and Peter D. Coddington of counsel), for plaintiff. Peter J. Neufeld and Barry C. Scheck for defendant.


GERALD SHEINDLIN, J.

Upon completion of a hearing that some have referred to as the most comprehensive and extensive legal examination of DNA forensic identification tests held to date in the United States, this court is called upon to rule on the admissibility of the DNA identification tests presented in this case.

The defendant stands accused of two counts of murder in the second degree, it being...

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