Rosemary L. Decosimo v. Tennessee
DueProcess
Whether the right to a fair trial and due process were violated by a Tennessee law awarding the state forensic lab $250 per conviction-related test
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether the right to a fair trial guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment and right to due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution were violated by Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-413(f)(2017) which awarded the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation $250 for every chemical test it conducted that led to a conviction? Whether there is a standard of impartiality required by the right to a fair trial under the Sixth Amendment and the right to due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution that is applicable to forensic scientists working for law enforcement agencies?