forensic-analysis
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-5580 | Moises Moreno v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2025-09-09 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | chemical-compound constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-analysis sentencing | Did the D-CA's forensic chemical compound analysis violate constitutional due process rights in sentencing? |
| 23-582 | Rollo A. Barker, aka Rollo Narker v. New Jersey | New Jersey | 2023-11-30 | Denied | Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | 6th-amendment chain-of-custody confrontation-clause criminal-evidence evidence forensic-analysis lab-analysis lab-testimony melendez-diaz melendez-diaz-precedent sixth-amendment | Does testimony from a lab analyst who did not perform the actual testing on Defendant's seized (alleged) contraband that was analyzed by a State Polic… |
| 22-899 | Jason Smith v. Arizona | Arizona | 2023-03-16 | Judgment Issued | Amici (10)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) | 6th-amendment confrontation-clause criminal-procedure criminal-trial expert-testimony forensic-analysis sixth-amendment subpoena testimonial-evidence | Whether the Confrontation Clause permits the prosecution to present testimony by a substitute expert conveying the testimonial statements of a nontest… |
| 21-7682 | Travon DeAngelo Brown v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2022-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process forensic-analysis habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel newly-discovered-evidence post-conviction-relief res-judicata spoliation-of-evidence | Whether newly discovered evidence is sufficient to establish a due process violation for procedural default or the bar of res judicata pursuant to the… |
| 21-5705 | Lazaro Fernandez v. Jonathan W. Blodgett | First Circuit | 2021-09-17 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | appellate-review criminal-procedure dna-evidence dna-testing due-process exculpatory-evidence forensic-analysis post-conviction-relief saliva | Whether it was error for the Court of Appeals to uphold the District Court in denying to order testing of the biology found at the crime scene, the al… |
| 19-8607 | Derrick Thompson v. Patrick Griffin, Superintendent, Sullivan Correctional Facility | Second Circuit | 2020-06-04 | Denied | Relisted (2)IFP | confrontation-clause fair-trial forensic-analysis forensic-evidence ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel right-to-fair-trial sixth-amendment speedy-trial testimonial-evidence testimonial-statements | Does the Confrontation Clause permit the introduction of testimonial identification statements of a non-testifying forensic analyst? |