Legal Opinion
ARMAND VILLASANA, JR., — v. WELDON WILHOIT, —
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2004No. 03-2266PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
After Armand Villasana was tried and convicted of kidnaping, rape, and sodomy in a Missouri state court, he moved for a new trial. In responding to that motion, the prosecutor produced test results underlying previously produced Missouri State Highway Patrol Crime Laboratory reports. Based on these test results, Vil-lasana hired an expert who performed additional DNA testing on the physical evidence in question. After the expert explained these test results at a hearing on the motion for new trial, the prosecutor urged the court to grant the motion and vacate Villasana’s…
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