Horton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “Notwithstanding any other law governing postconviction relief, a person who is convicted of a violation of § 2-201, § 2-204, § 2-207, or §§ 3-303 through 3-306 of the Criminal Law Article may file a petition: (1) for DNA testing of scientific identification evidence that the State possesses as provided in subsection (j) of this section and that is related to the judgment of conviction; or (2) for a search by a law enforcement agency of a law enforcement data base or log for the purpose of identifying the source of physical evidence used for DNA testing.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Washington v. State · Washington v. State

2. “the [hospital's] microbiology department, which might have screened the victim’s samples for sexually-transmitted diseases, had not been searched”); People v. West, 41 A.D.3d 884 , 837 N.Y.S.2d 415, 416-17 (2007) (determining that the government had not met its burden when relying”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wallace G. Mitchell v. United States

3. “it was the practice at the time ... to authorize destruction of evidence [maintained by the Central Property Unit] in a non-capital case once the direct appeal process in a case was concluded.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Washington v. State