Goodwin v. State

Leroy Goodwin appeals a circuit court order which denied his post-conviction motion for DNA testing and motion for discovery after an evidentiary hearing. Because competent, substantial evidence supported the trial court’s finding that the DNA evidence Goodwin sought no longer existed, we affirm.

Goodwin was convicted of sexual battery in 1984 and sentenced to life in prison with a twenty-five year mandatory minimum. Almost twenty years later, he filed a motion for post-conviction DNA testing pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.858. The trial court denied his motion as legally…