substitute-analyst

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-7946 Dirk Greineder v. Sean Medeiros, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Norfolk First Circuit 2020-03-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause dna-evidence dna-testing expert-testimony laboratory-analysis scientific-evidence sixth-amendment substitute-analyst substitute-analysts targeted-accusation Does the Confrontation Clause prohibit an expert prosecution witness from testifying at a jury trial to the results of DNA tests
19-5895 Lavar Eady v. Massachusetts Massachusetts 2019-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP chemical-composition confrontation-clause criminal-procedure due-process evidence expert-testimony forensic-evidence lab-testing substitute-analyst testimonial-hearsay truth-of-the-matter Whether the Confrontation Clause prohibits a substitute state analyst from testifying at trial as to the composition of a seized substance obtained as…
19-5178 Howard Lester v. Ohio Ohio 2019-07-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP confrontation-clause criminal-procedure essential-element expert-testimony firearms-examination fourth-amendment prosecutor-summation report-admission seizure substitute-analyst summation witness-testimony Whether the admission of a non-testifying firearms examiner's report and substitute analyst testimony violated the Confrontation Clause