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PEOPLE v. BARNEY

Docket Nos. A048789, A050201.

8 Cal.App.4th 798 (1992)

10 Cal. Rptr.2d 731

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RALPH EDWARDS BARNEY, Defendant and Appellant. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent v. KEVIN O'NEAL HOWARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

August 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Victor Blumenkrantz and Linda F. Robertson, under appointments by the Court of Appeal, for Defendants and Appellants.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Gerald A. Engler and Enid A. Camps, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

John J. Meehan, District Attorney (Alameda), and Rockne P. Harmon, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.†]

OPINION

CHIN, J. —

I. INTRODUCTION

These two appeals challenge the admissibility of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) analysis evidence. The primary claim is that DNA analysis is a new scientific technique which does not meet the test of general acceptance prescribed by People v. Kelly (1976) 17 Cal...

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