Rex Heuermann's attorney has requested the dismissal of key DNA evidence and proposed separating the case into five trials as his legal strategy. In court, Justice Timothy P. Mazzei agreed to hold hearings on these requests. Prosecutors rely heavily on nuclear DNA findings linking hair strands found with victims to Heuermann, while his lawyer compares the DNA evidence to 'magic' and questions its reliability. The district attorney argues that the evidence is sound and anticipates it will be accepted in court.
Mr. Brown made it clear that he would do all he could to undermine the DNA evidence. Speaking to reporters after Wednesday's hearing, he disparaged the findings as magic, not science, and said they hinged on methodology that had not been deemed reliable as criminal evidence in New York State.
Ray Tierney, the Suffolk County district attorney, who is prosecuting the case, described the evidence as sound and said he was confident it would be deemed admissible in court.
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