(DOWNLOAD) "State V. Johnson" by Arizona Court of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State V. Johnson
- Author : Arizona Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 02, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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Appellant Robert Wayne Johnson was convicted by a jury of one count of sexual assault, a class two felony, for which the trial court imposed an aggravated term of fourteen years' imprisonment. Johnson raises a number of issues on appeal, the most significant being whether the trial court erred in admitting expert testimony about the probability of a random match between Johnson's deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and DNA extracted from semen stains on the victim's clothing following the assault. Johnson also challenges the peremptory strike of a juror, the admission of hearsay testimony of the victim's statements, the trial court's recalling of a prosecution witness, a limitation on defense argument during summation, and the court's allegedly bolstering the credibility of a witness. Johnson lastly contests the court's consideration of an unrelated arrest as an aggravating factor at his sentencing. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.