Williams v. State

ORDER CONCERNING SUCCESSIVE PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF IN CAPITAL CASE

Introduction

Darnell Williams asks leave to litigate a successive post-conviction claim, in which he requests that DNA testing be performed on certain blood evidence. With the scientific advancement of DNA testing, courts are now able to receive important evidence not previously available. Williams, whose trial occurred before the widespread use of DNA evidence, seeks DNA testing to determine whether the blood spots on the shorts he was wearing when he was arrested and blood on the clothing of cohort Edwin Taylor…