Title: Pushia v. State

State: maryland

Issuer: Maryland Supreme Court

Document:

MARION PUSHIA 	
IN THE 
v. 	
COURT OF APPEALS 
STATE OF MARYLAND 	
OF MARYLAND 
No. 94 
September Term, 2016 
ORDER 
Upon the Joint Motion to Remand Case for Further Proceedings Pursuant to Maryland 
Code, Criminal Procedure Article §8-201, it is this 21st 
 day of December, 2017, by the Court of 
Appeals of Maryland, ORDERED: 
1. 
The present appeal is remanded to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. 
2. 
The State of Maryland shall preserve all biological evidence currently in its 
possession relating to the case of State of Maryland v. Marion Pushia, Case No. 03-K-93-4172, 
including, to the extent available, biological evidence collected by Greater Baltimore Medical 
Center on October 16, 1993, that was referenced in the report of Rudiger Breitenecker, M.D. 
3. 
The Circuit Court for Baltimore County shall stay proceedings pursuant to 
Appellant Marion Pushia's petition pursuant to Maryland Code, Criminal Procedure Article §8-
201 until Mr. Pushia shall notify the Court in writing that he has funds available for the costs of 
DNA testing of biological evidence in the possession of the State of Maryland that he seeks to 
have tested. 
4. 
Upon receipt of Mr. Pushia's notification pursuant to Paragraph 3, above, and 
verification that Mr. Pushia has sufficient funds available for the costs of the DNA testing he is 
seeking, the Circuit Court shall hold a hearing to determine what items shall be tested and, if 
necessary, the terms and conditions of such testing, and order DNA testing pursuant to Maryland 
Code, Criminal Procedure Article §8-201(d). 
/s/ Clayton Greene, Jr.  
SENIOR JUDGE