Reed v. State

Keasler, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keller, P.J., and Hervey, Alcala, Richardson, Yeary, Keel, and Walker, JJ., joined.

Rodney Reed sought post-conviction DNA testing of over forty items collected *762 in the course of investigating Stacey Stites's sexual assault and murder. This investigation culminated in Reed's conviction and sentence of death for the capital murder of Stites. The trial judge denied the motion. Because Reed cannot establish that exculpatory DNA results would have resulted in his acquittal and his motion is not made for the purpose of unreasonable delay, we…