A MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER FOR A 1986 KILLING WILL BE STAYING BEHIND BARS. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGE STAN WHITAKER HAS DENIED JACOB DURAN’S REQUEST TO HAVE HIS CONVICTION SET ASIDE. HE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING TEOFILIA GRADI IN HER NORTH VALLEY HOME.
DURAN WANTED D-N-A EVIDENCE THAT WAS USED AT TRIAL RETESTED. THE COURT GRANTED DURAN’S REQUEST TO HAVE FOUR PIECES OF EVIDENCE TESTED. NOW THE COURT SAYS THE TESTING DID NOT PUT IN DOUBT THE EVIDENCE THAT LINKED DURAN TO THE CRIME, SO IT DENIED HIS REQUEST TO HAVE HIS CONVICTION OVERTURNED.
