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: The Confrontation Blog

Still waiting for Melendez-Diaz . . .

By Richard D. Friedman

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The Supreme Court issued several decisions yesterday, including a couple from November and even one from December. But Melendez-Diaz, which was argued November 10, was not among them. The Court's next open session is February 23, and a decision could come down that day or soon after. If I were a defendant appealing from a conviction based on a lab or autopsy report that was admitted in the absence of a person who completed it or observed first-hand the event or conditions it states, I would certainly ask the court to postpone proceedings pending the Supreme Court's decision.

Full post as published by The Confrontation Blog on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).

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