Defendant raises several issues relating to DNA evidence. Defendant's DNA matched DNA found on a cigarette butt recovered from a bedroom at the burglarized premises, and it also matched DNA found in a bloodstain left on a wall. It appears that prior to trial both the prosecutor and defense counsel misunderstood a laboratory report to mean that a match was found as to the cigarette butt but not the bloodstain.
Defendant contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective...
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