ARMSTEAD v. STATE

No. 133, Sept. Term, 1993.

673 A.2d 221 (1996)

342 Md. 38

Michael Devon ARMSTEAD v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

March 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Kopolow, Assistant Public Defender (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, both on brief), Baltimore, for petitioner.

Diane E. Keller, Assistant Attorney General (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, both on brief), Baltimore, for respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.


RAKER, Judge.

In this case we consider the statutory and constitutional limitations on the admissibility of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) evidence. Specifically, we must determine the effect of Maryland Code (1974, 1995 Repl.Vol., 1995 Cum.Supp.) § 10-915 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article 1 on the admissibility of both the basic evidence of a DNA "match" and the descriptive statistics...

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