| Crime |
In October 2011, Sheldon Howard was indicted of aggravated sexual assault, abusive sexual contact, wrongful sexual contact, and adultery. |
| Evidence |
A pair of underwear was found to have seminal fluid on them. |
| DNA |
Virginia's Department of Forensic Science developed DNA data
from the evidence item |
| Match |
The lab's manual analysis could not produce a match statistic. |
| TrueAllele |
On the same data, the computer's statistic connecting the underwear with Sheldon Howard was 540 million. |
| Cybergenetics |
On October 25, 2011 Dr. Mark Perlin testified at the court martial about the computer's DNA match statistic. |
| Outcome |
Sheldon Howard was found guilty and sentenced to 3 years in prison. |
