State v. Wilkins

Slaby, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Defendant, Randolph Wilkins, appeals from a judgment by the Summit County Court of Common Pleas that denied his application for DNA testing. We affirm.

{¶ 2} Defendant was indicted on January 30, 1986, on one count of rape, a felony in the first degree, in violation of R.C. 2907.02. A jury trial commenced on April 4, 1986. Defendant’s first cousin, Rita Warren, age 17, claimed that defendant had raped her after they had left a bar in the early morning hours of December 19, 1985. As part of the rape-kit protocol, a cervical swab was analyzed, and semen was present.…