Lewis v. State

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of the appellant’s petition seeking scientific testing under Act 1780 because he did not demonstrate error in the circuit court’s ruling. His appellate arguments concerned trial error and ineffective assistance, were not raised below, and did not challenge the circuit court’s stated basis for denying testing. The court also explained that Act 1780 proceedings are limited to claims involving scientific testing and cannot serve as a vehicle for other constitutional claims.