654 So. 2d 184 - Brim v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “In utilizing the Frye test, the burden is on the proponent of the evidence to prove the general acceptance of both the underlying scientific principle and the testing procedures used to apply that principle to the facts at hand. The trial judge has the sole responsibility to determine this question. The general acceptance under the Frye test must be established by a preponderance of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brim v. State

2. “the FBI procedure generated a probability that only one out of 1.4 billion whites and one out of 2.5 million blacks would share the DNA code with the perpetrator of the offense [whereas] [t]he modified ceiling principle indicated that only one of just over 9,000 individuals would share the perpetrator's genetic DNA code.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brim v. State

3. “in the calculation of DNA population frequency statistics. The district court further noted that the calculation recommended by the NRC was thought to produce more conservative results than the calculation used by law enforcement in this case. In fact, the difference was substantial because”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brim v. State