JACKSON v. STATE (2024)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Melton JACKSON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D24-1160

Decided: October 02, 2024

Before LOBREE, BOKOR and GOODEN, JJ.

Melton Jackson, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Tallahassee, Attorney General, and Christina L. Dominguez, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Ordonez-Medina v. State, 221 So. 3d 744, 745 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017) (“[I]t is the defendant's burden to explain, with reference to specific facts about the crime and the items requested to be tested, how the DNA testing will exonerate the defendant of the crime or will mitigate the defendant's sentence. [A] trial court does not err in denying a motion for DNA testing where the defendant cannot show that there is a reasonable probability that the absence or presence of DNA at a crime scene would exonerate him or lessen his sentence.” (quoting Lambrix v. State, 217 So.3d 977, 987 (Fla. 2017) (quotations omitted, second alteration in original))).

PER CURIAM.

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