Stacey Eugene Johnson v. State of Arkansas

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Stacey Johnson's request for postconviction DNA testing of twenty-six items of evidence. Applying clear-error review, it held that Johnson failed to show that favorable testing could produce material evidence raising a reasonable probability of actual innocence in light of the evidence connecting him to the murder. The court also declined to consider proposed eyewitness-identification testimony because the proceeding was limited to scientific testing under the governing statute.