State v. Locklear and the Admissibility of Forensic Reports

Published for NC Criminal Law on September 01, 2009.

Last Friday, the North Carolina Supreme Court decided State v. Locklear, holding, in part, that a Crawford violation occurred when the trial court admitted opinion testimony regarding a victim’s cause of death and identity. Because the case raises questions about the viability of offering a “substitute analyst” to avoid a Crawford problem, I offer this ... Read more

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