People v. Williams

Order, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Denis J. Boyle, J.), entered on or about January 14, 2013, which, upon reargument, adhered to a prior order denying defendant’s CPL 440.30 (1-a) motion for DNA testing, unanimously affirmed.

The People presented detailed affidavits by personnel from the District Attorney’s Office, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and the Police Department setting forth their diligent but unsuccessful efforts to locate evidence from defendant’s 1984 trial, on which defendant sought to have DNA testing performed. This satisfied the People’s burden to show that the…