PENDERGRASS v. STATE

No. 71S03-0808-CR-00445.

913 N.E.2d 703 (2009)

Richard PENDERGRASS, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

September 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey E. Kimmell, South Bend, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Gregory F. Zoeller, Attorney General of Indiana, J.T. Whitehead, Scott Barnhart, Deputy Attorneys General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.


On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 71A03-0712-CR-00588.

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Richard Pendergrass was convicted of two counts of child molesting based in part on DNA evidence showing he was very likely the father of the victim's aborted fetus. The State's witnesses to this effect were a laboratory supervisor with direct knowledge of the processing of the samples and an expert DNA...

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