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Harvey v. Horan, No. 01-6703 (4th Cir.) (278 F.3d 370) (January 23, 2002) (Judge J. Harvie III Wilkinson)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2002 published in Punch and Jurists January 07, 2002
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Constitutional Right to DNA Testing.

Here the Court reversed a district court decision and held that a felon convicted or rape does not have a constitutional right to have access to, and to test, DNA evidence used at his trial, simply because he contends the new tests would exonerate him.

In 1990, the plaintiff in …

 

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