What is the test for identifying a DNA match between a suspect's DNA and the crime scene evidence?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Johnson, C068950 (Cal. App. 2014):

"Once a match is found, the next question is the statistical significance of the match. (See People v. Wilson (2006) 38 Cal.4th 1237, 1242 [].) . . . When a suspect's sample is compared to the crime scene evidence, and a match is found, 'the DNA profile of the matched samples is compared to the DNA profiles of other available DNA samples in a relevant population database or databases in order to determine the statistical probability of finding the matched DNA profile in a person selected at random from the population or populations to which the perpetrator of the crime might have belonged.' (People v. Soto (1999) 21 Cal.4th 512, 518 [].) 'Experts calculate the odds or

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percentagesusually stated as one in some numberthat a random person from the relevant population would have a similar match.' (People v. Wilson, supra, at p. 1239.)

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