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STATE v. PIERCE

No. 90-1898.

64 Ohio St.3d 490 (1992)

THE STATE OF OHIO, APPELLEE, v. PIERCE, APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 2, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Duncan Whitney, Prosecuting Attorney, and George E. Lord, for appellee.

Randall M. Dana, Ohio Public Defender, Richard E. Graham, Gloria Eyerly and Timi J. Townsend, for appellant.

Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, Simon B. Karas, Jeffery W. Clark and Barbara J. Petrella, urging affirmance for amicus curiae, Ohio Attorney General.

MOYER, C.J.

In this appeal, we are presented with important issues relating to the admissibility of DNA evidence in a criminal prosecution.1 For the following reasons, we hold that such evidence may be admissible and that questions regarding the reliability of such evidence go to its weight rather than its admissibility.

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