CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Kelly Test (Kelly-Frye)
.........What is Not Subject to Test
............DNA Database Search
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Product rule to calculate odds in cold hit case reliably shows rarity of the genetic profile in population group, and its admissibility in a cold hit case is question of relevance, not scientific acceptance, so not subject to Kelly test.

Although the product rule is not the ••only•• available method of statistical analysis in a cold hit case, it is relevant and thus admissible.

Both the frequency and the random match probability are relevant in cold hit cases.

A "cold hit" from a DNA database is not subject to Kelly-Frye standard of admissibility when used merely to identify a possible suspect.