State v. Thompson

Alexander, J.*

¶1 We granted the State’s petition to review a decision of the Court of Appeals in which that court reversed the trial court’s denial of Bobby Ray Thompson’s motion for postconviction deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing. In reaching its decision, the Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred in considering a postarrest statement that Thompson made to the police, but which was not admitted in evidence. We affirm the Court of Appeals.

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¶2 On April 13,1995, a woman identified in the record as J.S. went with friends to a bar in Lynnwood, Washington. During the course of the…