Whitfield v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “2. State’s Exhibit 98 [the brown towel] had been forensically tested prior to trial and was found to contain blood in various areas, none of which were linked to thé defendant; 3. Following the Chapter 64 hearing ... defendant was again excluded as a contributor to the blood stains; [[Image here]] 5. The post-conviction DNA testing does not alter the State’s trial assertions regarding the source of the blood stains on State’s Exhibit 98; 6. There is a considerable additional body of evidence from the trial that implicates the defendant in the death of ... the decedent and supports the conviction of [defendant]; 7. The court finds that the post-conviction DNA results are not favorable to the convicted person; 8. The Court finds that if the post-conviction DNA testing results had been available before or during the trial of the offense, there is not a reasonable probability that the person would not have been convicted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Roy Dale Glover v. State