AJ Armstrong Jr. appeals for new hearing after key forensic analyst fired for shoddy work
The latest Brady Notice is prompting requests for new hearings dealing with the DNA in Antonio 'AJ' Armstrong Jr. criminal trial.
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The latest Brady Notice is prompting requests for new hearings dealing with the DNA in Antonio 'AJ' Armstrong Jr. criminal trial.
New DNA issues emerge after Armstrong was convicted for killing his mother and father.
Forensic analyst Rochelle Austen was fired for failing a routine quality assurance test, but investigators said they didn't find failures in her work.
A former analyst from the Houston Forensic Science Center is in the hot seat, as he has been accused of improperly handling evidence in nearly 400 cases.
A new defense attorney for the 23-year-old Armstrong, who was a teenager at the time of his parents' deaths, claimed in a motion for a new trial that he should have been tried as a juvenile and that prosecutors should have provided previous defense attorneys with information that questioned the credibility of a key witness.