Illinois · Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963 (725 ILCS 5)
725 ILCS 5 § 116-3: Motion for fingerprint, Integrated Ballistic Identification System, or forensic testing not available at trial or guilty plea regarding actual innocence
What this law says, in plain English
This statute allows a defendant to request DNA, fingerprint, or ballistic testing on evidence from their conviction if the testing was unavailable at trial or uses new scientific methods, and identity was a key issue at conviction.
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