Law Practice
Nov. 5, 2008
Supreme Court Takes 9th Circuit DNA Case
The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling over whether a convicted felon can file a federal civil rights action in order to seek a new DNA test despite having no substantive claim to base his request on.
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it would review a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling over whether a convicted felon can file a federal civil rights action in order to seek a new DNA test despite having no substantive claim to base his request on. William Osborne was convicted of the 1993 rape, kidnap, and assault of a prostitute in Anchorage, Alaska, District Attorney...
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