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PEOPLE v. SOTO

No. S044043.

88 Cal.Rptr.2d 34 (1999)

981 P.2d 958

21 Cal.4th 512

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Frank Lee SOTO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 23, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Schwartzberg, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Santa Ana, for Defendant and Appellant.

Linda Robertson, San Francisco; and Alan Crivaro, Huntington Beach, for Californa Public Defenders' Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, Geroge Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Rhonda Cartwright-Ladendorf, Keith I. Motley, Holly D. Wilkens and Frederick R. Millar, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

BAXTER, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

We consider again the admissibility of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) evidence to prove identity in criminal prosecutions. In People v. Vevegas (1998) 18 Cal.4th 47, 74 Cal.Rptr.2d 262, 954 P.2d 525 (Venegas), we recognized the general scientific acceptance...

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