R v Adams
R v Adams [1996] EWCA Crim 10 and 222, are rulings in the United Kingdom that banned the expression in court of headline (soundbite), standalone Bayesian statistics from the reasoning admissible before a jury in DNA evidence cases, in favour of the calculated average (and maximal) number of matching incidences among the nation's population. The facts involved strong but inconclusive evidence conflicting with the DNA evidence, leading to a retrial.
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| Full case name | Regina v. Denis John Adams
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| Decided | April 26, 1996
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CASE HISTORY
CASE OPINIONS
COURT MEMBERSHIP
| Judge sitting | Rose LJ, Hidden J, Buxton J
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