Patterson v. State

Opinion by

Arthur, J.

Robert Amos Patterson, an inmate representing himself, appeals from the denial of a petition for writ of actual innocence, in which he challenged his 1993 convictions for first-degree murder and related handgun offenses. He raises a single question, which we have rephrased as follows: Did the circuit court abuse its discretion in denying the petition for writ of actual innocence on the ground that the unequivocal conclusion by State’s expert on comparative microscopic matching did not create a substantial or significant possibility that the result at trial may have been…