Supreme Court of Kansas

State v. Johnson

May 23, 2025

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Ronald Johnson's petition for postconviction DNA testing. It held that the petition adequately identified potentially testable biological material only as to the washing machine hose, but Johnson failed to prove that the State possessed the hose or any other qualifying material. The court also declined to consider an unpreserved challenge to the State's identification of evidence in its custody.