California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Arteaga, F066140 (Cal. App. 2014):
Here, while scientific evidence can be persuasive, defendant failed to demonstrate the DNA deception was "reasonably likely to procure an untrue statement." (People v. Farnam, supra, 28 Cal.4th at p. 182.) There is no substantive difference in coerciveness between the untrue DNA evidence here and falsified fingerprints and forensic evidence
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