State v. Bates

The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court denying Defendant’s motion for a new trial, which Defendant brought pursuant to the post-conviction DNA analysis statute, Me. Rev. Stat. 15, 2135-2138. The Supreme Judicial Court held that the district court did not err or abuse its discretion by (1) finding that Defendant failed to show by clear and convincing evidence that new DNA evidence admitted at the hearing on Defendant’s motion made it probable that a different verdict would result upon a new trial; and (2) declining to consider evidence pointing to an alternative suspect upon finding that the proffered evidence was not relevant to the new DNA evidence. View "State v. Bates" on Justia Law