State Statutes Regarding Admissibility
of DNA Evidence - 1999
Alabama
§36-18-30: Expert testimony relating to use of genetic markers shall be admissible in all cases and all courts if the court is satisfied that the expert testimony meets the Daubert standard.
Alaska
§09.25.051: Evidence of a DNA profile is admissible to prove or disprove relevant facts if the evidence is scientifically valid.
Connecticut
§54-86(k): DNA testing is a reliable scientific technique, and evidence of DNA may be admitted to prove or disprove the identity of any person.
Delaware
§4713: DNA testing is deemed to be a reliable scientific technique, and the evidence of a profile comparison shall be admitted to prove or disprove the identity of any person. Reports of the analysis by the Chief Medical Examiner shall be admissible as evidence of the facts therein.
Idaho
§19-5505: DNA profiles may be used at trial as evidence provided that the evidence is otherwise admissible at trial. The DNA profile also may be admitted if used to develop statistical calculations of populations frequencies.
Indiana
§35-37-4-13: Forensic DNA analyses are admissible in evidence without antecedent expert testimony that DNA analysis is a reliable and trustworthy means of identifying characteristics in an individual's genetic material.
Louisiana
§441.1: Evidence of DNA profiles, genetic markers of the blood, and secretor status of saliva offered to establish the identity of the offender of any crime is relevant as proof in conformity with the Louisiana Code of Evidence.
Maryland
§10-915: In any criminal proceeding, the evidence of a DNA profile is admissible to prove or disprove the identity of any person, if the party seeking to introduce the evidence 1) notifies the other party at least 45 days in advance and 2) reproductions of the test and information must be provided to the other party if requested.
Minnesota
§634.25: Results of DNA analysis are admissible in evidence without antecedent expert testimony that DNA analysis is trustworthy and reliable in identifying genetic characteristics as long as the testimony meets the standards for admissibility in the Minnesota Rules of Evidence.
North Dakota
§31-13-05: A report of DNA analysis certified by the division is admissible in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the report.
Tennessee
§24-7-117: Results of DNA analysis are admissible without antecedent expert testimony to the reliability of such evidence as long as the testimony meets the standards set forth in the Tennessee Rules of Evidence.
Virginia
§19.2-270.5: Evidence of the identity of the accused shall be admissible in evidence. DNA testing and profiling is a reliable scientific technique to prove or disprove the identity of any person.
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