James Aren Duckett v. State of Florida

Summary

The court held that the governing DNA-testing statute and rule do not authorize an evidentiary hearing after DNA-testing results have been provided to the court, defendant, and prosecuting authority, and that the order denying such a hearing was not appealable. The appeal was therefore resolved in the State's favor, and the State's motion to dismiss was denied as moot. Labarga, J., dissenting, would have treated the notice of appeal as a petition for review of a nonfinal order and reached the merits under the applicable appellate rule.