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Supreme Court of Minnesota· 8/22/2002

State v. Roman Nose

Citations

  • 649 N.W.2d 815
  • 2002 Minn. LEXIS 554
  • 2002 WL 1929494

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  • determining that proponent of scientific evidence has the burden of establishing its admissibility by establishing the relevant requirements
  • noting that a scientific technique is novel until \[a] court has reviewed and confirmed [its] general acceptance\
  • stating that \we have not decided general acceptance for Minnesota courts\ when discussing the state's argument that the scientific technique at issue was not novel
  • stating that the first Frye-Mack prong 4 deals with new or novel scientific techniques
  • considering only the second prong after determining that the scientific technique was no longer novel
  • “That the RFLP method of testing DNA has gained general acceptance does not permit evidence obtained from significantly different methods of DNA testing[, here, PCR-STR testing,] to be admitted without holding a hearing on [general acceptance].” (alterations added)

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Judges: Anderson, Russell, Gilbert, Meyer

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