The attorney for an Alliance man on death row for a double murder says a new DNA test on a cigarette butt could be a key part of evidence if her client got a new trial. <\/p>\n
The attorney representing the state says new analysis would not prove Tyrone Noling is not guilty even if the cigarette butt was linked to a man who had once been a suspect in the case. <\/p>\n
The Ohio Supreme Court heard those arguments Tuesday in Columbus and took Nolings request for new DNA testing under advisement. <\/p>\n
Noling was convicted of shooting and killing an elderly couple, Bernhardt and Cora Hartig, in their Atwater home in Portage County in 1990. He was sentenced to death in 1996. <\/p>\n
The cigarette butt was found in the driveway of the Hartigs home and DNA showed it did not match Noling. <\/p>\n
Carrie Wood, an attorney with the Ohio Innocence Project, said she wants to determine if the cigarette butt contains the DNA of Daniel Wilson. <\/p>\n
Wilson, convicted of murder in another case, was executed in 2009. He lived near the elderly couples home. <\/p>\n
Both attorneys argued over whether state law allows more DNA testing in the case. Nolings request was denied previously based on state law at the time. <\/p>\n
State law allows for more DNA testing, not less, Wood said. <\/p>\n
Victor V. Vigluicci, the attorney representing the state, said that even if a new test matches Wilsons DNA to the cigarette butt, it doesnt prove he killed the elderly couple. At most it would indicate Wilson flicked a cigarette butt out the window while driving by the home, Vigluicci said. <\/p>\n
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