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Criminal Law : DNA Testing – Post-Conviction – Trial Strategy
Stephanie Maniscalco//July 19, 2016
Where a defendant incarcerated for a rape conviction challenged the denial of his post-conviction motion for DNA testing, the judgment is affirmed because the testing technology was reasonably available at the time of the defendant’s trial, and the decision to forego testing was a matter of trial strategy.
Judgment is affirmed.
State v. Fields (MLW No. 69433/Case No. ED103288 – 15 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.) Appealed from circuit court, St. Louis City, Ohmer, J. (Scott Thompson for appellant) (Daniel N. McPherson for respondent).
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