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People of New York v Noah Hunter
TrueAllele handgun analysis leads to gang leader conviction
| Crime | In July 2015, Schenectady police were conducting traffic stops, when a man unexpectedly fled from his vehicle, dropping a loaded handgun in his wake. |
| Evidence | Police collected the discarded gun from the scene. |
| DNA | The New York State Police crime lab developed DNA mixture data from the frame and magazine of the gun. |
| Match | Due to the complexity and low levels of the DNA, the lab could not draw any conclusions from the data. |
| TrueAllele | On the same DNA data, the computer connected the frame and magazine to Noah Hunter, a suspected local gang leader, with match statistics of 363 trillion and 19.8 billion, respectively. |
| Cybergenetics | On July 7, 2017, Jennifer Hornyak from Cybergenetics testified at the trial in Schenectady, NY about the computer DNA match statistics. |
| Outcome | On July 10, 2017, Noah Hunter was found guilty of all charges. |
Media
- Schenectady man arrested in July gun case The Daily Gazette
- Cybergenetics Jennifer Hornyak testifies in retrial of New York gang leader Cybergenetics Newsroom