Court Opinion

ID: 9627548
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 08:47:32.682907+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:46.836780
License: Public Domain

BOYLE, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
I fully concur in sections I, II, III and IV of the majority opinion, however I respectfully dissent to a portion of section V.
I agree with the majority in section V that the affidavit and report containing the DNA information is not admissible as a report of scientific examinations of evidence by state or federal agencies or officials. However, in my opinion the DNA information qualifies as “medical facts” and should be admissible by affidavit for the limited purpose of a probable cause finding at a preliminary hearing pursuant to I.C.R. 5.1(b).