BAKER, Judge.
Murrell Edward Patrick (appellant) was convicted in a bench trial in the Gloucester County Circuit Court (trial court) of statutory rape in violation of Code § 18.2-61. On appeal, he contends the trial court erroneously (1) qualified a witness with no expertise in population genetics to testify as a DNA expert, (2) admitted DNA evidence for which proof of the chain of custody was lacking, (3) failed to appoint a DNA expert to help him prepare his...
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