STR-DNA Admissibility Court and Appellate Rulings

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While trial courts in two States have refused to admit evidence produced by a method of DNA testing that uses automated equipment to analyze short tandem repeats (STRs), trial courts in many other States have allowed the Profiler Plus and Cofiler Systems into evidence.

The Denver District Attorney has collected cases in which STR evidence has been challenged, including appellate case rulings.

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