State v. Bowman

Citations

• 2025 Ohio 2893

Syllabus

The trial court properly denied appellant's application for postconviction DNA testing, although its reasoning was flawed. Any exclusion results would not have been outcome determinative because ample non-DNA evidence indicated appellant had murdered his wife. The court followed the statute by giving a reason for denying the application. The fact that the trial court did not give the State a chance to respond to the application before entering its decision did not prejudice appellant. Judgment affirmed.