Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 6/22/2012

State v. Lopez

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45 A.3d 1
2012 WL 2366305
2012 R.I. LEXIS 91

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holding that the trial justice did not err in allowing evidence of prior acts of violence toward the decedent because they showed motive and intent
emphasizing that testifying analyst “personally reviewed and independently analyzed all the raw data, formulated the allele table, and then articulated his own final conclusions concerning the DNA profiles and their corresponding matches”
emphasizing that testifying analyst “personally reviewed and independently analyzed all the raw data, formulated the allele table, and then articulated his own final conclusions concerning the DNA profiles and their corresponding matches”
emphasizing that testifying analyst “personally reviewed and independently analyzed all the raw data, formulated the allele table, and then articulated his own final conclusions concerning the DNA profiles and their corresponding matches”
DNA expert testified that probability of another individual matching the profiles was 1 in 11.45 quadrillion
DNA expert testified that probability of another individual matching the profiles was 1 in 11.45 quadrillion

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Judges: Suttell, Goldberg, Flaherty, Robinson, Indeglia

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