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Defendant’s Motion for DNA Testing Should Have Been Granted

The Fourth Department held defendant’s post-conviction motion for DNA testing was sufficient to require a hearing to determine if DNA evidence still existed and, if so, whether it could be tested. The evidence identifying the defendant as the attacker was not overwhelming and semen, found on the victim’s clothes, had never been tested:

Following the attack, a semen stain was found on the crotch of the jumpsuit that the complainant had been wearing. There was no indication that the source of the semen could have been anyone but the attacker …, but no DNA testing was performed on the jumpsuit. Based on the record before us, we conclude that “the evidence of defendant’s guilt was not so overwhelming that a different verdict would not have resulted if . . . DNA testing excluded him” as the source of the semen on the jumpsuit … . We therefore remit the matter to Supreme Court for a hearing to determine whether the jumpsuit is still in existence and, if so, whether there is sufficient DNA material for testing … . People v Flax, 2014 NY Slip Op 03416, 4th Dept 5-9-14

 

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