High court sides with state in DNA case

Published June 18, 2012 3:22pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a rape conviction over objections that the defendant did not have the chance to question the reliability of the DNA evidence that helped convict him.

The court’s 5-4 ruling went against a run of high court decisions that bolstered the right of criminal defendants to confront witnesses against them.

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