People v. Nelson

(Court opinion corrected 7/15/13.) Defendant was convicted, after jury trial, of aggravated kidnapping and aggravated criminal sexual assault. State's expert, a lab supervisor, took cuttings to send to DNA testing, independently reviewed data and documentation, performed analysis on data, and authored report; he also described controls lab used, and testified that proper controls were run in this case to ensure proper functioning of instruments. Confrontation clause does not require testimony from every person involved in forensic DNA analysis.(LAMPKIN, concurring; GORDON, specially concurring.)