Opinion ID: 883138
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Heading: dna profiling issues

Text: The first three issues we consider on appeal raise questions concerning DNA profiling. This case presents the first instance in Montana that forensic DNA analysis evidence has been introduced in a criminal trial which has reached this Court on appeal. Therefore, before we begin analysis of the legal principles involved in those issues, it is necessary to set out a brief introduction to the basic theory of DNA analysis. The discussion of DNA and RFLP analysis is derived from the following sources: testimony at the admissibility hearing and trial, United States v. Jakobetz (2nd Cir.1992), 955 F.2d 786, cert. denied ___ U.S. ___, 113 S.Ct. 104, 121 L.Ed.2d 63; Commonwealth v. Curnin (Mass. 1991), 565 N.E.2d 440; People v. Axell (Cal. App. 2 Dist. 1991), 1 Cal. Rptr.2d 411; United States v. Yee, 134 F.R.D. 161 (Ohio 1991).