Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Perdue v. United States

Perdue v. United States, 520 U.S. 1246 (1997)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1997-05-27
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • holding that DQ Alpha and polymarker testing are sufficiently reliable under Daubert and have achieved general acceptance within relevant scientific community
  • which listed, at 1147, n. 4, fifteen state appellate courts admitting DNA evidence derived from the PCR methodology
  • PCR analysis reliable and admissible under the standard established by Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993)
  • “Impermissible vouching may ... occur when the government implies a guarantee of a witness’s truthfulness, refers to facts outside the record, or expresses a personal opinion as to a witness’s credibility”

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C. A. 11th Cir. Certiorari denied.