Mickens v. State

Dewayne Mickens appeals his convictions for robbery with a firearm, burglary with assault or battery, and false imprisonment with a firearm. He raises three grounds for reversing. We affirm, but write to discuss Mickens’s claim that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the State to admit DNA evidence that did not conclusively identify him as one of the participants in the robbery.

I.G. stopped at a gas station on his way to work. There were two employees in the store: L.A. and R.V. I.G. was chatting with L.A., who was waiting for the register to start up, when two men entered the…