Echols v. State

RONALD L. SHEFFIELD, Justice.

^Appellant Damien Echols appeals from an order entered on September 10, 2008, denying his motion for new trial, brought under Arkansas Code Annotated sections 16-112-201 to 208 (“the Arkansas DNA testing statutes”). Because Echols was sentenced to death at his original trial in 1994, our jurisdiction is pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 1 — 2(a)(2) (2010).

This case has a complicated procedural history and has been before this court on multiple occasions. Therefore, the facts are well established. On May 5, 1993, three eight-year-old boys were reported…