Commonwealth v. Cowels (SJC 11630) Commonwealth v. Mims

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• new testing conclusively established that blood did not come from either defendants or victim
• \over-all strength or weakness of the evidence presented against a defendant is significant ... because it provides the context within which to assess whether the newly discovered evidence would have been a real factor in the jury's deliberations\
• test that would exclude definitively defendants and victim as source of DNA profile, and instead would point to unidentified male as source of DNA, would not merely reduce weight that jury might give evidence, but would instead bar admission of such evidence
• test that would exclude definitively defendants and victim as source of DNA profile, and instead would point to unidentified male as source of DNA, would not merely reduce weight that jury might give evidence, but instead would also bar admission of such evidence

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