People v. William Rodriguez

In People v. William Rodriguez, Index. No. 5471/2009, the defense challenged the general acceptance of the FST because of "unfounded assumptions concerning allele drop-in and drop-out." All but one expert, including those called by the defense, agreed that using predicted allele drop-in, drop-out rates was generally accepted as valid in the relevant scientific community. Thus, the court reported that at the conclusion of the Frye hearing, "the prosecution and the defense now concur that the concept of using a likelihood ratio incorporating the probability of drop out is generally accepted in the scientific community."