In a civil or criminal trial or hearing, statistical population frequency evidence, based on genetic or blood test results, is admissible to demonstrate the fraction of the population that would have the same combination of genetic markers as was found in a specific human biological specimen. "Genetic marker" means the various blood types or DNA types that an individual may possess.
Minn. Stat. § 634.26
STATISTICAL PROBABILITY EVIDENCE.
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Schwartz (1989)
Most recently applied in State v. Alt (July 1993)
1989 c 290 art 4 s 19
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