DAVIS v. STATE

No. 1D08-5092.

11 So.3d 977 (2009)

William David DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William David Davis, pro se, Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Charlie McCoy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


THOMAS, J.

Appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion for postconviction DNA testing filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.853. We affirm in part, and reverse in part.

Appellant, who was convicted of first-degree murder, seeks DNA testing of two items. He first requests testing of a folding knife belonging to the deceased victim, asserting that the victim attacked and cut him with the knife. He claims that his DNA will be found...

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