Legal Opinion
Givens v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided July 12, 2018No. 31/17PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAdkins, J.
Albert Gustav Givens was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole. Givens appeals from a ruling by the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County denying post-conviction DNA testing under Maryland Code (2001, 2008 Repl. Vol., 2017 Supp.), § 8-201 of the Criminal Procedure Article ("CP"). 1 We affirm the post-conviction court's denial of Givens's motion because the court did not err when it concluded that there was no reasonable probability that DNA testing could produce exculpatory or mitigating evidence.
FACTS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Givens was first convicted of the…
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