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Lab Techs and Confrontation

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Via SCOTUSblog, here is the brief for the petitioner in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, No. 07-591, on the Confrontation Clause and lab tech reports. My impression at this point is that the state has a seriously uphill battle here. We should be looking at other ways to make lab results admissible while still maintaining reasonable efficiency. Prerecorded examinations with cross-examination are one possibility.

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on June 17, 2008 (boomark / email).