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Caldwell v. State

Citations

  • 393 S.E.2d 436
  • 260 Ga. 278

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  • concluding that “the trial court makes [the admissibility] determination based on the evidence available to him rather than by simply calculating the consensus in the scientific community.”
  • concluding that \the trial court makes [the admissibility] determination based on the evidence available to him rather than by simply calculating the consensus in the scientific community.\
  • concluding that DNA testing and analysis were based on sound scientific theory and, if proper procedures were followed, analysis could produce reliable results
  • observing that there is \no real dispute\ concerning the acceptance of the techniques involved in RFLP analysis but rather, that \dispute centers on the techniques and procedures followed (or not followed)... in this case\
  • observing that there is “no real dispute” concerning the acceptance of the techniques involved in RFLP analysis but rather, that “dispute centers on the techniques and procedures followed (or not followed) ... in this case”
  • finding unmodified product rule in admissible based on evidence of departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium

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Judges: Hunt

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