Washington v. Thompson
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The Supreme Court granted the State's petition to review a decision of the Court of Appeals in which that court reversed the trial court's denial of Defendant Bobby Ray Thompson's motion for postconviction deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing. In reaching its decision, the Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in considering a postarrest statement that Defendant made to the police, but which was not admitted in evidence. The Supreme Court found that the Court of Appeals correctly determined that the trial court improperly relied on Defendant's unadmitted statement in denying the motion for postconviction DNA testing. The Court affirmed the Court of Appeals.
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