Defendant's CPL 440.10 motion was brought on the ground of newly discovered evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel and improper instructions to the jury which do not appear on the record. Defendant's characterization of his request for DNA testing under the rubric of "newly discovered evidence" is flawed. The presence of sperm and the possibility of DNA testing was, by defendant's own statements, fully known to him, and its use explored...
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