People v. Barrow

Court properly denied Defendant's motion seeking scientific testing of items of physical evidence admitted in his 1985 murder trial. Section 116-3 of Criminal Code does not preclude State from presenting witness to testify whether requested testing had scientific potential to produce evidence relevant to claim of actual innocence, and as to ability of lab to do testing. Physical evidence from seat cushion, victim's clothes, and Defendant's shoes, which Defendant sought to have tested, would not significantly advance his claim of actual innocence. (SCHMIDT and WRIGHT, concurring.)