Gary Wayne Searcy v. State of Alabama.

The appellant, Gary Wayne Searcy, appeals the circuit court’s denial of his § 15-18-200, Ala.Code 1975, motion for postcon-viction DNA testing. In February 1998, Searcy was convicted of capital murder for murdering Rory Lynn Kirkland during the course of a burglary.1 He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Searcy appealed his conviction. We dismissed the appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. See Searcy v. State (CR-97-2224, August 21, 1998), 741 So.2d 496 (Ala.Crim.App.1998) (table). In December 1999, Searcy filed a petition for…