Wallace v. State

The Postconviction DNA Testing Statute provides for post-conviction review related to DNA evidence for individuals convicted of certain enumerated offenses. See generally Md. Code (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol.), Criminal Procedure Article (“CP”) § 8-201. When the Maryland General Assembly passed the Statute in 2001, the legislature was responding to a nationwide concern over individuals being wrongfully convicted for serious crimes and held in prison for many years. Blake v. State, 395 Md. 213, 219, 909 A.2d 1020 (2006). Prior to 2001, a convicted person could only file one postconviction petition…