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THE COURT SHOULD HAVE HELD A FRYE HEARING ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF DNA-RELATED EVIDENCE GENERATED BY THE FORENSIC STATISTICAL TOOL (FST); CONVICTION REVERSED (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing defendant’s conviction, determined the court should have held a Frye hearing on the admissibility of DNA-related evidence generated by the Forensic Statistical Tool (FST):

Prior to trial, the Supreme Court denied the defendant’s motion to preclude the People from introducing at trial DNA testing results and testimony concerning the Forensic Statistical Tool (hereinafter FST) or, in the alternative, for a hearing pursuant to Frye v United States (293 F 1013 [DC Cir]) to determine the admissibility of the evidence generated by the FST.

The Supreme Court improvidently exercised its discretion in admitting FST evidence without first holding a Frye hearing … . As proof of the defendant’s guilt was not overwhelming without the FST evidence … , the error was not harmless … . Accordingly, the judgment of conviction must be reversed and a new trial ordered. People v Applewhite, 2021 NY Slip Op 03847, Second Dept 6-16-21

 

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