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ALLEN v. STATE

Nos. 16, 17, September Term, 2014.

103 A.3d 700 (2014)

440 Md. 643

Traimne Martinez ALLEN v. STATE of Maryland. Howard Bay Diggs v. State of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy F. Forster (Kadish, Forster and Fastovsky, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner in No. 16, Sept. Term, 2014.

Peter F. Rose, Assistant Public Defender (Paul B. DeWolfe, Public Defender of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Petitioner in 17 Sept. Term, 2014.

Brenda Grass, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Respondent.

Argued before: BARBERA, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, ADKINS, WATTS and ALAN M. WILNER (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

In this case, we address whether a criminal defendant may introduce at trial evidence of a DNA "match" to prove the identity of another individual without first establishing additional confirmatory testing pursuant to Md.Code (2003, 2011 Repl. Vol., 2014 Supp.), § 2-510 of the Public Safety Article ("PS"). PS § 2-510 provides...

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