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Routier v. State

Citations

  • 273 S.W.3d 241
  • 2008 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 752
  • 2008 WL 2486417

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  • concluding that Routier failed to meet her threshold burden of showing that there was even any \evidence containing biological material\ to be tested
  • recognizing that a convicted person must establish that newer testing techniques would not only be more accurate but would be more probative
  • holding that a defendant was not entitled to retest blood stains on a sock because she failed to establish that newer testing results would be more probative than results of previous testing
  • holding that convicted person’s 4 We assume for purposes of this opinion that applying new interpretation protocols to the results of previous testing is a “newer testing technique” for purposes of article 64.01(b)(2). 8 motion satisfied article 64.01(b)(2
  • holding that convicted person’s motion satisfied article 64.01(b)(2) by including affidavit from expert who stated that current “clean up” procedures were better than prior techniques and would make it more likely that retesting would yield result when prior testing did not
  • holding that convicted person’s motion satisfied article 64.01(b)(2) by including affidavit from expert who stated that current “clean up” procedures were better than prior techniques and would make it more likely that retesting would yield result when prior testing did not

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Judges: Price, Keller, Meyers, Johnson, Keasler, Holcomb, Cochran, Womack, Hervey

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