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ECHOLS v. STATE

No. CR 08-1493.

373 S.W.3d 892 (2010)

2010 Ark. 417

Damien Wayne ECHOLS, Appellant v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Riordan & Horgan, Little Rock, by: Dennis P. Riordan and Donald M. Horgan , and Deborah R. Sallings , for appellant.

Dustin McDaniel , Att'y Gen., by: David R. Raupp, Sr. Ass't Att'y Gen., for appellee.

Laura H. Nirider , Steven A. Drizin , Chicago, IL, and Barbara Bergman , Albuquerque, NM, for amici curiae Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

RONALD L. SHEFFIELD, Justice.

Appellant Damien Echols appeals from an order entered on September 10, 2008, denying his motion for new trial, brought under Arkansas Code Annotated sections 16-112-201 to 208 ("the Arkansas DNA testing statutes"). Because Echols was sentenced to death at his original trial in 1994, our jurisdiction is pursuant to Arkansas Supreme Court Rule 1-2(a)(2) (2010).

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