The court properly denied defendant's motion for DNA testing of a combined hat and wig found on the street at the scene of a shooting, for which defendant was convicted in 2005. Defendant asserts that if the murder victim's DNA were to be found on this hat, that fact would support a justification defense. Defendant's theory, as set forth in his motion, is that the victim wore the hat to disguise his identity as part of a
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