Case Name: Aaron Keith MARSH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-04-03
Citations: 812 So. 2d 579
Docket Number: No. 3D02-176
Parties: Aaron Keith MARSH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before COPE, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 812
Pages: 579–580

Head Matter:
Aaron Keith MARSH, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D02-176.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
April 3, 2002.
Robert Finlay, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for appellee.
Before COPE, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ.

Opinion:
FLETCHER, Judge.
Aaron Keith Marsh appeals from the lower court's denial of post-conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.
In Marsh's current (his third) post-conviction motion, he requests among other things that the rape kit evidence introduced at trial on a sexual battery charge be released for DNA testing. While we would be sympathetic to DNA testing in a case where it would be of value, this is not such a case. Marsh's request for DNA testing of the rape kit evidence is without merit, as any results would be superfluous because Marsh admitted that he was the person who had sexual intercourse with the victim. Marsh's unsuccessful defense at trial had been one of consensual sex, not identity. See § 925.11(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (2001); Hartline v. State, 806 So.2d 595 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002); Galloway v. State, 802 So.2d 1173 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001).
Affirmed.