Pegues v. State

OPINION

Harvey Brown, Justice

Jason Pegues was convicted of aggravated sexual assault in 1995 and sentenced to 50 years’ confinement. Twenty years later, he moved for postconviction DNA testing of physical evidence held by the State. The trial court denied his pro se motion. Pe-gues appeals. The thrust of his argument is that the trial court erred by giving undue weight to his earlier admissions of guilt in analyzing whether he met his burden to obtain postconviction DNA testing.1 We conclude that the trial court erred by denying his motion and therefore reverse the trial court’s order.

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