Legal Opinion
Michael A. Jones v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 7, 2019No. 15-CO-1104PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Glickman, Associate Judge:
Appellant Michael A. Jones was tried in Superior Court in October 1996 and convicted of armed robbery and other offenses. The present appeal is from the court's denial of his motions to vacate his convictions pursuant to D.C. Code § 23-110 (Repl. 2012) and for post-conviction DNA testing pursuant to the Innocence Protection Act (IPA), D.C. Code § 22-4133 (Repl. 2012).
The motions relate, in different ways, to microscopic hair comparison evidence introduced by the government at appellant's trial. Appearing as an expert witness, the FBI agent who performed the…
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