GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — A man tripped up by his own DNA on a cigarette butt has lost an appeal of a breaking-and-entering conviction in western Michigan.
Steven Merchant Jr. was accused of breaking into storage units in Grand Rapids. The missing property included a watch that was given to a woman for her retirement.
The big break for police was a cigarette butt found at the scene. Tests showed DNA on the cigarette belonged to Merchant. Investigators later recovered the watch from a relative’s shed.
The appeals court found no errors in the case and affirmed Merchant’s conviction and six-year prison sentence.
- Posted November 23, 2017
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Man busted after DNA is found on cigarette loses his appeal
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