STATE v. SCOTT


33 S.W.3d 746 (2000)

STATE of Tennessee v. Randall SCOTT.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

December 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey A. DeVasher, Assistant Public Defender, Nashville, TN—appellate counsel; J. Michael Engle, Assistant Public Defender, Nashville, TN—trial counsel, for the appellant, Randall Scott.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Kim R. Helper, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

BARKER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

The appellant in this case was arrested and charged with the rape and aggravated sexual battery of a nine-year-old child in Davidson County. Prior to trial, the State conducted various types of DNA analysis on several pieces of evidence, and the appellant, who is indigent, requested state-funded expert assistance in the field of DNA...

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