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United States V. Bonds: A Case Study

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In the case of United States v. Bonds, 12 F.3d 540 (6th Cir. 1993), defendant John Ray Bonds was accused of killing a man during a late night shooting. The basis for his appeal was to suppress the DNA evidence because “at that time the FBI test results had not yet been published in a peer review journal explaining the FBI 's methods and offering data to support the results” (United States v. Bonds, 1993). The defendant also believed different methods for DNA analysis could have provided accurate results rather than a 1 in 35000 probability for the DNA match. The purpose of the case was to determine whether the court made a mistake in admitting DNA evidence in the trial.

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