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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS v. BYERS

Crim. No. 1992-52.

941 F.Supp. 513 (1996)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS and United States of America, Plaintiffs, v. Reginald Sylvester BYERS and Caswell Fredericks, Defendants.

District Court, Virgin Islands, Division of St. Thomas and St. John.

October 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan L. Via, Assistant United States Attorney, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for the Plaintiffs.

Stephen L. Brusch, Assistant Federal Public Defender, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for Defendant Fredericks.

  I. Factual & Procedural Background .................................................... 514

 II. Standard of Admissibility .......................................................... 515
     A. Qualification of Government's Expert ............................................ 517
     B. The Reliability of the DNA Profiling Technique .................................. 518
        1. DNA ..........................

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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