Dna Evidence:

• Library: The Rulebook: The Definitive Quick Reference Guide for New York Criminal Law Practitioners (2020 Ed.)

► DNA EVIDENCE:

Generally: "As th[e] Court [of Appeals] previously recognized, 'forensic DNA testing has become an accurate and reliable means of analyzing physical evidence collected at crime scenes and has played an increasingly important role in conclusively connecting individuals to crimes' (People v Pitts, 4 NY3d 303, 309 [2005]). Courts and commentators have remarked on the unique status of DNA evidence within the criminal justice system and in the minds of jurors. 'Modern DNA testing can provide powerful new evidence unlike anything known before'

(Dist. Attorney's Off. for Third Jud. Dist. v Osborne, 557 US 52, 62, [2009]). The persuasiveness of DNA evidence is so great that as one commentator noted, '[w]hen...