Legal opinions – Md. Court of Appeals 

Posted: 7:00 pm Sun, December 6, 2009
By Daily Record Staff

Criminal Procedure Post-conviction relief based on DNA test BOTTOM LINE: Post-conviction court erred by denying defendant’s motion for new trial based on newly discovered DNA testing because it improperly evaluated the evidence under the standard provided in an older statute rather than the revised statute, which applied retroactively. CASE: Thompson v. State, No. 78, September Term, 2008 (filed ...