U.S. v. Lowe, No. Cr. No. 95-10404-PBS (D.Mass.) (954 F.Supp. 401) (January 16, 1997) (Judge Patti B. Saris)
Loaded on April 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
April 22, 1997
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This detailed and technical decision analyzes the use of DNA testing (using both the RFPL and PCR methods) under Fed.R.Evid. 702, and Judge Saris concluded that it was sufficienlty reliable to be admitted under the standards of Daubert v. Merrill Dow.
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