2015 Pa. Super. 222 - Commonwealth v. Walsh’s Empirical Analysis
2015
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2023
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Commonwealth v. Edmiston · Commonwealth v. Edmiston · Commonwealth v. Renchenski · 2005 Pa. Super. 19 - Commonwealth v. Heilman
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“(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the court shall order the testing requested in a motion under subsection (a) ... upon a determination, after review of the record of the applicant’s trial, that the: (i) requirements of subsection (c) have been met; • (ii) evidence to be tested has been subject to a chain of custody sufficient to establish that it has not been altered in any material respect; and (iii) motion is made, in a timely manner and for the purpose of . demonstrating the applicant’s actual innocence and not to delay the execution of sentence or administration of justice. (2) The court shall not order the testing requested in a motion under subsection (a) if, after review of the record of the applicant’s trial, the court determines that there is no reasonable possibility that the testing would produce exculpatory evidence that: (i) would establish the applicant’s actual innocence of the offense for which the applicant was convicted[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(3) present a prima fade case demonstrating that the: (i) identity of or the participation in the crime by the perpetrator was at issue in the proceedings that -resulted in the applicant’s conviction and sentencing; and (ii) DNA testing of the specific evi-dencé, assuming exculpatory results, would establish: (A) the applicant’s actual- innocence of the offense for which the applicant was convicted ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An individual convicted of a criminal offense in a court of this Commonwealth and serving a term of imprisonment ... may apply by making a written motion to the sentencing court for the performance of forensic DNA testing on specific evidence that is related to the investigation or prosecution that resulted in the judgment of conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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