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State v. Lotter

Citations

  • 669 N.W.2d 438
  • 266 Neb. 758
  • 2003 Neb. LEXIS 155

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  • holding that “mere speculation” to conclude that absence of murder victim’s blood on defendant’s clothing and presence on accomplice’s clothing would establish that accomplice and not defendant had fired fatal shots
  • stating that “function of testing DNA evidence is to determine whether the sample being examined contains genetic characteristics similar to a sample from a known individual”
  • expert affidavit stated that discriminating power of DNA test results had increased since 1995 with ongoing discovery and validation of additional loci
  • statute required specific type of DNA testing defendant requested

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Judges: Hendry, Wright, Connolly, Gerrard, Stephan, McCormack, Miller-Lerman

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