Odell Crawford v. State of Minnesota

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Odell Crawford was convicted in state court of three counts of criminal sexual conduct for raping a thirteen year old girl. After filing postconviction motions and a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, Crawford discovered that a crime lab had improperly handled his DNA sample. He filed this new habeas petition, arguing that the state’s failure to disclose the error violated his constitutional rights. The district court 1 concluded that it lacked juris diction to consider a second or successive petition because Crawford had failed to obtain preauthorization, but it…