PEOPLE v. PIKE

No. 1-12-2626.

53 N.E.3d 147 (2016)

403 Ill. Dec. 93

2016 IL App (1st) 122626

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rashon PIKE, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied May 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Pelletier , Alan D. Goldberg , Patricia Mysza , and Shawn O'Toole , all of State Appellate Defender's Office, of Chicago, for appellant.

Anita M. Alvarez , State's Attorney, of Chicago ( Alan J. Spellberg , Yvette Loizon , and Amy Watroba , Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


OPINION

¶ 1 We hold that the admission of DNA expert testimony of a 50% probability of inclusion for a random person in the population as a possible contributor to a mixed DNA profile was error because it was irrelevant, as it did not tend to make the issue of defendant...

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