PEOPLE v. ORTIZ

6325 3365/02.

160 A.D.3d 532 (2018)

75 N.Y.S.3d 164

2018 NY Slip Op 02709

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Javier Ortiz, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 19, 2018.


The court properly denied defendant's motion for DNA testing of a combined hat and wig found on the street at the scene of a shooting, for which defendant was convicted in 2005. Defendant asserts that if the murder victim's DNA were to be found on this hat, that fact would support a justification defense. Defendant's theory, as set forth in his motion, is that the victim wore the hat to disguise his identity as part of a plan to...

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