Commonwealth v. Young

HUDOCK, J.:

¶ 1 This is a pro se appeal from the order denying Appellant’s request for DNA testing pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. section 9543.1. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

¶ 2 The lower court summarized the pertinent facts and procedural history of the case as follows:

On the morning of March 11,1975, the decedent, Marlene Mapp, was in her house with her two young children when her next-door neighbor, Jaqueline Mack, heard the sounds of loud screaming and footsteps coming from Ms. Mapp’s house. She also heard the decedent’s young son crying out to someone to “leave his mother alone”. Ms.…