Supreme Court to decide second ‘crime lab’ case (access required)

Published: June 29, 2009

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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider the constitutionality of a state statute requiring a criminal defendant to follow a demand procedure for challenging a crime lab report or else forfeit the right to cross-examine the report's author. The Court's grant of certiorari comes on the heels of a related ruling last week. In Melendez-Diaz ...
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