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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reinvigorates DNA Testing Law

Loaded on Aug. 15, 2006 by Matthew T. Clarke published in Prison Legal News August, 2006, page 37
Filed under: Searches, DNA Testing/Samples, Habeas Corpus. Location: Texas.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) handed down a decision that removed previous restrictions against prisoners seeking DNA testing to prove their innocence.

Billy James Smith, a Texas state prisoner, filed a motion for DNA testing. The court appointed an attorney to represent him. The attorney filed a formal ...

 

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