State v. Alexander
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The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the court of appeals concluding that Defendant had failed to make the showing of materiality necessary to support an award of postconviction DNA testing, holding that there was no error.
Defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. After a sentencing hearing, Defendant was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. The trial court denied Defendant's later request for postconviction DNA testing on the grounds that Defendant had failed to show that the requested testing would be material to his defense. The court of appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court also affirmed, holding (1) Defendant's guilty plea did not preclude him from seeking postconviction DNA testing under N.C. Gen. Stat. 15A-269; and (2) the lower courts correctly concluded that Defendant failed to make the necessary showing of materiality.
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