State v. Reed

Citations

• 2024 Ohio 5412

Syllabus

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in overruling appellant's application for post-conviction DNA testing pursuant to R.C. Chapter 2953 because it determined that the testing would not be outcome determinative. However, the trial court abused its discretion by overruling appellant's request to conduct DNA testing at his own expense based solely on his failure to satisfy the outcome determinative test. R.C. 2953.84 states that R.C. 2953.71 through R.C. 2953.81, which contain the outcome determinative test, \do not limit or affect any other means by which an offender may obtain postconviction DNA testing.\ Judgment affirmed in C.A. No. 30075; judgment reversed and remanded in C.A. No. 30076.