# Pendergrass v. State

> Indiana Court of Appeals · July 8, 2008 · 889 N.E.2d 861

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9745494

## Case

- **Full name:** Richard PENDERGRASS, Appellant-Defendant, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff
- **Court:** Indiana Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** July 8, 2008
- **Citations:** 889 N.E.2d 861; 2008 Ind. App. LEXIS 1406; 2008 WL 2654332
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Baker
- **Judges:** Riley, Robb, Baker
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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

## Opinion text

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.

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