Case Name: GRAHAM v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1983-09-14
Citations: 168 Ga. App. 23
Docket Number: 66702
Parties: GRAHAM v. THE STATE.
Judges: Carley,J., concurs in the majority opinion only. Deen, P. J., concurs specially.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 168
Pages: 23–28

Head Matter:
66702.
GRAHAM v. THE STATE.
Decided September 14, 1983.
John F. Nebl, for appellant.
Robert E. Wilson, District Attorney, Robert E. Statham III, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Banke, Judge.
The appellant was convicted of rape, aggravated assault, aggravated sodomy, and burglary. An expert witness testified concerning the identification of blood samples based on a procedure known as electrophoresis. In his sole enumeration of error, the appellant complains that the trial court erred in allowing the witness to testify concerning the statistical or mathematical probability of certain enzymes being found in the blood of the general population. The witness testified that his statistics were derived from some 2,000 blood samples seen in his lab over a period of time and that his statistics coincided with those provided by other crime laboratories, including that of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Held:
"The opinions of experts on any question of science, skill, trade, or like questions shall always be admissible; and such opinions may be given on the facts as proved by other witnesses." OCGA § 24-9-67 (Code Ann. § 38-1710). The testimony complained of was clearly within the area of the witness' expertise, and the appellant's objection to it went to its weight rather than its admissibility. See generally Jenkins v. State, 156 Ga. App. 387 (274 SE2d 618) (1980); Breland v. State, 134 Ga. App. 259 (214 SE2d 186) (1975).
Judgment affirmed.
Carley,J., concurs in the majority opinion only. Deen, P. J., concurs specially.