YOUNG v. U.S.

No. 10-CF-1001.

63 A.3d 1033 (2013)

Robert C. YOUNG, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Brand , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Jaclyn Frankfurt , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

Nicholas P. Coleman , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Roy W. McLeese III , Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and David A. Last , Assistant United States Attorney, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN, BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, and OBERLY, Associate Judges.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

After a jury trial, appellant Robert Young was convicted of kidnapping and rape based on an FBI examiner's testimony that his DNA profile matched the DNA profile of the rapist. On appeal, Young argues that the trial court committed reversible error under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment when it allowed the government to present this testimony without calling as witnesses the laboratory...

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