Counsel should be aware of the Oct. 2019 ruling in which a United States District Judge found that in a case involving interpretation of a complex DNA mixture where the relevant contributor contributed 7% of the DNA in the mixture, the STRmix software report did not meet the Daubert reliability standard for admissibility as evidence. More information about the case and a link to the opinion is available here.
It is important to understand this is not a blanket ruling concerning admissibility of any use of STRmix software. Counsel must understand the specifics of the DNA mixture in their case and the conditions under which the software was used in order to assess the reliability of the software’s use in a particular case.