Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. King Davis, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2002-11-15
Citations: 299 A.D.2d 874
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v King Davis, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 299
Pages: 874–875

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v King Davis, Appellant.
[749 NYS2d 204]

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of Onondaga County Court (Fahey, J.), entered January 17, 2002, which denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 440.30 (1-a) for DNA testing of certain evidence from a trial in 1978.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: County Court properly denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 440.30 (1-a) for DNA testing of certain evidence from a trial in 1978. Defendant failed to meet his burden of establishing that the evidence is still in existence (see People v Ahlers, 285 AD2d 664, lv denied 97 NY2d 701; see also People v Logan, 291 AD2d 459, lv denied 98 NY2d 638). Present — Pine, J.P., Wisner, Hurlbutt, Kehoe and Burns, JJ.