The Pennsylvania Superior Court has granted a new trial to a man convicted of murder over his lawyer’s failure to challenge a forensic pathology expert’s theory on DNA evidence, one that was not generally accepted by science.

A three-judge panel consisting of Judges Jack Panella, Victor Stabile and Maria McLaughlin ruled April 6 in Commonwealth v. Hopkins that defendant Gregory Scott Hopkins’ lawyer provided him with ineffective counsel, and vacated his conviction.

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