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8. Child Witnesses And The Confrontation Clause., Thomas D. Lyon, Julia A. Dente
8. Child Witnesses And The Confrontation Clause., Thomas D. Lyon, Julia A. Dente
Thomas D. Lyon
Potential Responses To The Melendez-Diaz Line Of Cases, Richard D. Friedman
Potential Responses To The Melendez-Diaz Line Of Cases, Richard D. Friedman
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Criminal prosecution is increasingly dependent on proof of the results of forensic laboratory tests. They are used, for example, to prove that a given substance contains cocaine; the prove what a driver’s blood alcohol content was; and to demonstrate that the DNA profile of some substance found at the crime scene matches that of the accused.
In Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009), the United States Supreme Court resolved a question that had divided the lower courts in the wake of Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004). The Melendez-Diaz Court held by a 5-4 vote that forensic laboratory …