THOMAS v. STATE

No. 1D08-3259.

22 So.3d 626 (2009)

James THOMAS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied November 17, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Carl S. McGinnes, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges his conviction for second-degree murder, raising two issues on appeal: The trial court erred in admitting expert testimony over Appellant's objection that the State failed to demonstrate that the formula used to calculate the combined frequency statistics of several DNA mixtures satisfied the Frye1 test; and the trial court fundamentally erred in giving the standard jury instruction for manslaughter...

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