State v. Reese
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of intentional or knowing murder for killing a sixteen-year-old girl, who was found buried with her wrists bound in duct tape, behind Defendant's mother's home. Defendant was sentenced to forty-seven years' incarceration. The Supreme Court affirmed. Defendant subsequently moved for additional DNA analysis and a new trial, claiming that a trace amount of male DNA previously found in a clipping from the duct tape had been further analyzed, and that Defendant was excluded as the source of that DNA. The post-conviction court denied Defendant's motion for a new trial, holding that the newly discovered DNA evidence did not make a different verdict probable due to the strong evidence of Defendant's guilt and the limited nature of the additional DNA test results. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the court did not err in its findings of fact, misapply the relevant statute, or abuse its discretion in denying the motion for a new trial.
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