Sartain v. State

¶1 Danny Sartain (Sartain) appeals from an Order entered in the Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, denying his petition for touch DNA testing. We affirm.

¶2 Sartain presents the following issue for review:

Whether the District Court properly denied Sartain’s petition for touch DNA testing.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 In 2009, Sartain was found guilty of burglary, designated a persistent felony offender, and sentenced to forty years in the Montana State Prison. He appealed that conviction to this Court, challenging the district court’s denial of his speedy trial…