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MITCHELL v. U.S.

Nos. 05-CO-1261, 05-CO-1262.

80 A.3d 962 (2013)

Wallace G. MITCHELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 12, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven R. Kiersh , Washington, DC, for appellant.

Angela G. Schmidt , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Ronald C. Machen Jr. , United States Attorney, Roy W. McLeese III , Assistant United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Elizabeth Trosman , Elizabeth H. Danello , Mary B. McCord , and Kacie M. Weston , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the briefs, for appellee.

Before OBERLY, BECKWITH, and EASTERLY, Associate Judges.

BECKWITH, Associate Judge:

Appellant Wallace Mitchell, serving a life sentence for murder and other crimes, appeals the Superior Court's denial of his second post-conviction motion. Among other claims, Mr. Mitchell requested that "blood evidence" left at the scene be tested for DNA, which then-Superior Court Judge James E. Boasberg construed as an application under the Innocence Protection Act (IPA), D.C.Code §§ 22-4131 to -4135 (2012 Repl.)

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