Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Jovany Paredes, Appellant v. the State of Texas

June 3, 20152015 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 626

Summary

The Court held that the admission of a supervising DNA analyst’s opinion, based on computer‑generated raw data, does not violate the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause. Because the analyst performed the critical comparative analysis and testified to her own conclusions, the defendant’s right to confront witnesses was satisfied. The Court affirmed the appellate court’s judgment.