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News Coverage of Briscoe v. Virginia

By Steve Hall

At issue is a defendant's right to confront witnesses.  In it's last term, the Supreme Court issued  Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, making it clear that lab analysts must be available to testify and face cross-examination about test results.  Briscoe v. Virginia was argued yesterday in front of the Supreme CourtThe ScotusWiki page, with all briefing, is here; the oral argument transcript, here."With New Member, Supreme Court Takes New Look at Crime Lab Ruling," is the title of Adam Liptak's report in today's New York Times.Just six months after a narrowly divided Supreme Court announced that crime lab reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts responsible for them testify, the court heard arguments on Monday about how the new system is working and whether it needs to be refined or rejected...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 12, 2010 (boomark / email).