State of Connecticut v. Thomas J. Marra, Jr.

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of the petitioner's request for postconviction DNA testing and his motion to compel the victim's siblings to provide comparison samples. It held that favorable DNA results excluding the victim as the source of material found in a recovered sneaker would not create a reasonable probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the murder conviction, given the eyewitness, physical, and circumstantial evidence. The court also concluded that the petitioner had not independently established entitlement to testing under the alternative statutory subsection and declined to review his inadequately briefed request concerning lost garage samples.