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STATE v. DAVILA

No. 31238-1-III.

333 P.3d 459 (2014)

STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Julio J. DAVILA, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 3.

August 21, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy P. Collins , Seattle, WA, for Appellant.

Mark Erik Lindsey , Spokane County Prosecuting Attorneys, Spokane, WA, for Respondent.

LAWRENCE-BERREY, J.

¶ 1 A jury found Julio Davila guilty of second degree murder. The key piece of evidence tying Mr. Davila to the murder was a baseball bat containing Mr. Davila's DNA.1 During trial, Mr. Davila did not know that the forensic analyst who tested the DNA had been fired from her job due to a long history of incompetence in conducting DNA tests. The trial court denied Mr. Davila's motion for a new trial based on the...

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