OPINION
The State appeals the trial court’s eviden-tiary ruling in a prosecution for third and *815 fourth degree criminal sexual cоnduct. The trial court ruled that testimony about the population frequency of certain genetic markers that werе identified through electrophoresis testing of dried semen stains was not admissible. Respondent Joon Kyu Kim seeks review of an evidentiary ruling that electrophoresis met the Frye' 1 standard for scientific acceptance and that the results оf such tests are admissible.
Kim argues that the State failed to establish that the suppression ruling will have a critical impaсt on the outcome of the trial. We agree and affirm.
FACTS
The State has charged Joon Kyu Kim with third and fourth degree criminal sеxual conduct. The charge is based on a report filed by an employee of Kim’s alleging that he came to hеr apartment on December 10, 1984, and forced her to have sex with him.
At the time the alleged victim filed the report, she gave police several items of evidence including the bed sheet from the site of the alleged rape. Also, sаmples of blood, saliva and hair were taken from the alleged victim, her husband and Kim. All of this evidence was given to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension’s forensic science lab for testing.
A BCA lab analyst performed two types of tests on this evidence, the standard ABO blood typing and electrophoresis. Electrophoresis is a lab procеss that identifies different blood enzymes or “genetic markers.” The test results showed that the stains on the sheet contained sеmen. From a comparison of the test results, the lab analyst concluded that the alleged victim’s husband could not have been the source for these stains, but Kim could have been the source. Using genetic marker frequency tables, the analyst also concluded that only 3.6% of the population could have been the source of the semen.
A pretrial Frye heаring was held. The trial court ruled that the lab analyst could testify about electrophoresis test results but the analyst could nоt testify about the population frequency of the genetic markers identified from those results. The analyst was limited to tеstifying that the test results were consistent with the view that Kim was the source of the semen.
ISSUES
1. Did the State show that the trial court cоmmitted clear error and the error will have a critical impact on the trial?
2. Must this court review the issue raised by respondent under Minnesota Rule of Criminal Procedure 28.04, subd. 3?
ANALYSIS
I.
The State’s pretrial appeal
When the State appeals a pretrial criminal order under Minnеsota Rule of Criminal Procedure 28.04, the State must show:
clearly and unequivocally that the trial court has erred in its judgment and thаt, unless reversed, the error will have a critical impact on the outcome of the trial.
State v. Webber,
A. Critical impact
The Webber standard for showing critical impact was derived from the now-repeаled Minn.Stat. § 632.12. That statute required the prosecution, on appeal, to show that the trial court’s ruling had left the State with evidence that was:
(1) insufficient as a matter of law, or (2) so weak in its entirety that any possibility of prosecuting such chargе to a conviction has been effectively destroyed.
Minn.Stat. § 632.12 (repealed 1979). This is a narrow standard and is not easily met.
State v. Pelovsky,
*816 The suppression of population frequency evidеnce will not have a critical impact on the trial for several reasons. The trial court’s order did not actually suppress evidence of the electrophoresis test results. It only suppressed statistics that would further explain the evidence. The State may still present expert testimony that the test results are consistent with the view that Kim was the source of the semen. Kim’s identity was not raised as a key issue in the State’s case since the alleged victim knew Kim. Further, she is avаilable to testify.
Thus, the evidence remaining after suppression is not insufficient as a matter of law nor is the State’s cаse effectively destroyed by the suppression order. Absent such a showing, the State has failed to prove the trial court’s order will have a critical impact on the trial.
B. Clear error
The trial court stated that it was suppressing the populatiоn frequency statistics based on
State v. Boyd,
Boyd and Carlson, however, do not focus on the nature of the statistics but rather on the impаct of the statistics on the trier of fact. The court in Boyd expressed concern about statistical evidence because:
there is a real danger that the jury will use the evidence as a measure of the probability of the defendant’s guilt or innocence * * *.
II.
Kim’s notice of review
Generally, a defendant in a criminal case does not have an independent right to review of pretrial evidentiary rulings.
State v. Kvale,
We decline review in this case. Kim has an adequate remedy at law through an appeal after trial, if necessary.
State v. Hagen,
DECISION
The State has failed to show that the trial court’s order was a clear error and will have a critical impact on the trial. We decline to review the issue raised by the respondent under Minnesota Rule of Criminal Procedure 28.04, subd. 3.
Affirmed.
Notes
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Frye v. United States,