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Melendez-Diaz, Not Just A Case Name, An Acquitted Defendant

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

Although I now can't remember the name, when I was a young lawyer I remember seeing a crowd outside a misdemeanor courtroom. I walked up and asked someone what was going on. I was told that a defendant, who I only knew through the name of the famous case, was in the courtroom. His appeal unsuccessful, he was taking a plea. It was an odd moment, names like "Miranda" "Brady" "Gideon," and "Allen" always existed as cases, not real people in real courtrooms.Yesterday, Luis Melendez-Diaz, was acquitted in his re-trial.We in the criminal justice system know him as "Melendez-Diaz."His previous appeal went to the United States Supreme Court on the issue of whether the Sixth Amendment required forensic experts were required to testify in court Yes, said the Court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on February 11, 2011 (boomark / email).