Michigan man wins long shot appeal over burglary linked to his DNA on a bottle

A Michigan prisoner has persuaded a judge to throw out his burglary conviction, overcoming long odds by serving as his own lawyer in an appeal of a case that rested solely on his DNA being found on a soda bottle. Sixty-five-year-old Gregory Tucker argued that the DNA wasn’t sufficient on its own to convict him in the 2016 break-in near Detroit, citing U.S. Supreme Court rulings about evidence. Federal Judge David Lawson agreed that the case against Tucker was thin. Tucker's victory hasn’t meant that he's free. He's still serving time for a different conviction. Prosecutors plan to appeal Lawson's ruling.