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HORTON v. STATE

No. 114, September Term, 2007.

985 A.2d 540 (2009)

Tyrone HORTON v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

December 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Cosgrove (Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, of counsel, Seth A. Tucker, Elizabeth J. Averill, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC), on brief, for Appellant.

Robert Taylor, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. (Douglas F. Gansler, Atty. Gen.), on brief, for Appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, BATTAGLIA, GREENE, MURPHY, JOHN C. ELDRIDGE, (Retired, Specially Assigned) and DALE R. CATHELL, (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.

ELDRIDGE, J.

This is an action under Maryland Code (2001, 2008 Repl.Vol.), § 8-201 of the Criminal Procedure Article, which grants a right to a person, who had been convicted of one or more specified serious crimes, to file in court "a petition for DNA testing of scientific identification evidence that the State possesses ... and that is related to the judgment of conviction." § 8-201(b) of the Criminal Procedure...

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