Foundation for a Substitute Analyst’s Opinion after Melendez-Diaz

Published for NC Criminal Law on May 14, 2010.

As summarized in Jeff’s recent blog post, in State v. Brennan, the North Carolina Court of Appeals applied Locklear and Mobley and held that the defendant’s confrontation clause rights were violated by the testimony of a substitute analyst in a drug case. My own summaries of Locklear and Mobley are available here and here. Jeff ... Read more

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