Virgil v. Commonwealth

*578 OPINION

VANMETER, Judge:

William Virgil appeals from the Campbell Circuit Court’s August 12, 2011, order granting the Commonwealth’s motion to reconsider the court’s May 20, 2011, order which granted Virgil’s motion for DNA testing of certain items of evidence from his criminal trial. In light of a recent amendment to the DNA testing statute, we reverse the August 12, 2011, order and remand with instructions for the trial court to enter an appropriate order.

In September 1988, Virgil was convicted of murder and sentenced to seventy years’ imprisonment. In August 2010, he filed a • motion for…