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A Lubbock judge ruled that DNA evidence in a 2022 homicide case is inadmissible in court.

The judge found that investigators illegally obtained blood samples from the suspect without a warrant.

Allan Montemayor is accused of killing Cypress Efrain Ramos, whose body was found in a burning auto shop.

The trial is now on hold as the District Attorney's Office appeals the judge's ruling.

A Lubbock district judge ruled Monday that DNA evidence homicide detectives obtained three years ago was inadmissible in the trial of a 36-year-old man accused in the beating death of a trans woman whose body was found in a burning auto shop.

District Judge Douglas Freitag found that investigators needed a warrant to obtain blood samples from Allan Montemayor's body and vehicle in con

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