HODGES v. COM.

Record No. 2116-94-2.

492 S.E.2d 846 (1997)

26 Va. App. 43

Antonio HODGES v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

November 18, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry C. Lyell, Arlington, for appellant.

John H. McLees, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, ANNUNZIATA and OVERTON, JJ.


ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

Following a jury trial, appellant, Antonio Hodges, was convicted of rape and armed burglary. To prove its case, the Commonwealth relied largely on an apparent match between the rapist's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and that of appellant. The Commonwealth's experts testified concerning the statistical probability that the apparent DNA match could have occurred at random. Appellant contends that the trial...

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