P. v. Dorish CA4/3
Brian Richard Dorish molested his girlfriend’s young son over a two-year period. A jury convicted him of seven sexual offenses, and the court sentenced him to an aggregate term of 50 years-to-life in prison. On appeal, Dorish contends the trial court erred by denying his pretrial discovery request for a DNA database search of genetic material collected from a semen stain found in one of the many locations Dorish molested his victim. Testing revealed the DNA did not belong to Dorish, the victim, or the victim’s biological parents. Dorish argues the court’s ruling violated his state and federal due process rights, depriving him of a fair trial because he had no opportunity to identify “the specific third person or persons responsible for and linked to the crimes for which [he] stood accused, and for which he now stands convicted, with the result that [he] will serve the rest of his natural life living on the taxpayers’ dime in a level four California State Prison facility.
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