PEOPLE v. WILSON

No. A101459.

21 Cal.Rptr.3d 102 (2004)

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. William Curtis WILSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

Rehearing Denied December 8, 2004.

Review Granted February 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor J. Morse, by appointment under the First District Appellate Project (FDAP) independent case system, for Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California; Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Stan M. Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Enid A. Camps; Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Sharon G. Birenbaum, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


PARRILLI, J.

Forensic DNA testing yields a genetic profile. When the profile of a suspect matches the profile derived from crime scene evidence, the statistical significance of the match is estimated by calculating the probability of finding the profile in a randomly selected member of the population of possible suspects. (Nat. Resource Council, The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence (1996), hereafter "1996 NRC Report," p. 127; People v. Soto (1999)

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