FARMER, J.
In the world of trial evidence, DNA may well be the whole megillah. It is the single, most formidable evidence in proving many sexual offenses. Because of its scientific reliability, it is often regarded as conclusive. Once inculpatory DNA evidence is well and truly laid before the jury, a guilty verdict is all but a downhill slide on a glacier.
The admission of DNA evidence has two aspects. It demands a scientific foundation of both molecular-biochemical...
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