U.S. v. Beasley, No. 95-3362 (8th Cir.) (102 F.3d 1440) (December 18, 1996) (Judge Pasco M. II Bowman)
Loaded on Feb. 1, 1997
published in Punch and Jurists
February 03, 1997
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Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
In this case, the Eighth Circuit approved a broad expansion of the use of DNA evidence and the PCR method of testing in criminal cases as a form of scientific evidence that is both reliable and admissible.
Here comes DNA testing to the Federal courts. The Eighth Circuit, …
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