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DAYTON v. STATE

No. A-7724.

54 P.3d 817 (2002)

Andrew DAYTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. McClain, Law Offices of James E. McClain, Fairbanks, for Appellant.

Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

On August 7, 1998, Andrew Dayton broke into S.S.'s house in Huslia and sexually assaulted her. For this misconduct, Dayton was charged with first-degree sexual assault and first-degree burglary.1 Dayton's first trial ended in a hung jury, but he was convicted at his retrial.

In this appeal, Dayton challenges the admission of DNA evidence at his trial. At trial, Dayton challenged the reliability...

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