Case Assignment- People of the State of Michigan v Frank Leonard Adkins

Sam Brown
5/28/13
Homework

The case of People of the State of Michigan V Frank Leonard Adkins revolves around the crime of criminal sexual conduct in the third degree. The case stems from a December 2008 party at Michigan State University. The victim in the case attended the party and began drinking. In all she says she consumed 4 shots of tequila. After this she began to feel ill and went to the defendant’s bathroom to vomit. According to the Victim while in the bathroom the defendant began to put his hands down her shirt and undid her pants. She also states that he rubbed his penis on her while she was helpless on the floor of the bathroom. The victim was then carried to the defendant’s bed and she fell asleep. Then she awoke later when the defendant was again pulling on her pants. Then the defendant proceeded to have sex with the victim. Michigan State Police Forensic Scientist Nicole Graham testified that she was the forensic analyst who performed the DNA analysis in the case. She testified that after gathering all her DNA evidence she was able to deduce what the male DNA profile would be at eight of the 13 loci used to make a profile. Graham also testified that she could not include the defendant at those three loci that were inconclusive. She said that the defendant could not be excluded as a donor based on the DNA analysis of 10 of 13 loci. Graham testified that the probability of a random person matching the DNA mixture in this case was one in 60,000 in the Caucasian population, one in 44,000 in the African American, and one in 24 of the Hispanic. The jury gave a verdict of guilty on the CSC III charge and not guilty of the CSC IV charge. The defendant appealed the ruling stating that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict for acquittal