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: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term LibraryU.S. Supreme Court: Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
By David Badertscher, PLL
On June 25, 2009 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision, Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts 07-591, that crime laboratory reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts responsible for creating them give testimony and subject themselves to cross-examination,
See text discussion in June 26, 2009 New York Times article by Adam Liptak at:
Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on June 26, 2009 (boomark / email).
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Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts
Respondent's brief in Melendez-Diaz
Courts - SCOTUS decides Melendez-Diaz, others; Indiana implications of M-D
Still no decision in Melendez-Diaz








