29-Jan-2025

Maryland reliability ruling holds

In 2018, an 83-year-old woman was raped and murdered in her Baltimore apartment. The city’s crime laboratory used their TrueAllele® technology to connect condoms from the scene to Tyrone Harvin, who was 14 years old when the crime occurred. After withstanding a 2021 Daubert defense challenge, the lab was able to testify about their reliable TrueAllele results. The jury convicted Harvin. He was sentenced to life in prison for rape and murder.

In 2024, the Maryland Appellate Court affirmed TrueAllele’s admissibility. Harvin appealed. On January 29, 2025, the Maryland Supreme Court denied Harvin's petition for writ of certiorari. TrueAllele legal precedent is established throughout Maryland.

Cybergenetics invites anyone in Maryland who needs more information from DNA evidence to send their case for free TrueAllele screening. Prosecutors, defenders, crime labs, police and innocence groups are all welcome to find truth in their complex DNA evidence. When your DNA report comes back “inconclusive”, contact Cybergenetics to Know the Answer™.