Flores v. State

OPINION

Opinion by

ALMA L. LÓPEZ, Chief Justice.

Aurelio Flores (“Flores”) was found guilty by a jury of the capital murder of Porfirio DeLeon (“DeLeon”) and sentenced to life imprisonment. Flores’s conviction was appealed and subsequently affirmed. Flores’s motion seeking an order to require post-conviction DNA testing was denied. On appeal, Flores contends that the trial court erred in denying the motion because Flores met the statutory requirements to make testing mandatory. We affirm the trial court’s judgment.

BACKGROUND

On February 8, 1994, Flores was sentenced to life imprisonment for the…