holding Confrontation Clause inapplicable to use of Certificate of Analysis pertaining to DNA test where Certificate used to provide context for expert’s testimony, not to prove element of charged crime
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- holding Confrontation Clause inapplicable to use of Certificate of Analysis pertaining to DNA test where Certificate used to provide context for expert’s testimony, not to prove element of charged crime
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The opinion
BAKER, Chief Judge,
concurring in result.
I concur in the result reached by the majority and in the analysis it applied to reach that result. I write separately to add that Pendergrass raises no challenge to C.P.’s testimony. Therefore, even if the exhibits at issue had been admitted erroneously, I believe that the error would have been harmless because C.P.’s testimony that Pendergrass molested her would, on its own, have been sufficient to support Pendergrass’s conviction.