{"id":14324,"date":"2024-10-02T08:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/?p=14324"},"modified":"2024-11-02T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T17:26:33","slug":"lab-reports-expert-witness-courtroom-testimony-for-criminal-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/lab-reports-expert-witness-courtroom-testimony-for-criminal-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Lab Reports, Expert Witness &#038; Courtroom Testimony for Criminal Charges\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States Supreme Court recently addressed the question of whether the Confrontation Clause of the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14328 lazyload\" src=\"\/jshared\/img\/icons\/spinner.svg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA-300x217.webp\" alt=\"EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA-300x217.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA-1024x740.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA-768x555.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA-1000x722.webp 1000w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA-166x120.webp 166w, https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/EVIDENCE-BY-EXPERTS-IN-NORTH-CAROLINA.webp 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> Sixth Amendment is violated when a substitute analyst provides expert witness testimony about the results of forensic testing performed by a non-testifying analyst.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Court held that when an expert, in this instance a substitute analyst, presents the out-of-court statements of another analyst as the basis for their own expert opinion, the statements are being offered for their truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This implicates the Confrontation Clause because the defendant is not able to cross-examine the original analyst about the testing procedures and results.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinaattorneys.com\/blog\/lab-reports-expert-witness-courtroom-testimony-for-criminal-charges\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Lab Reports, Expert Witness &#038; Courtroom Testimony for Criminal Charges\u00a0\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States Supreme Court recently addressed the question of whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment is violated when a substitute analyst provides expert witness testimony about the results of forensic testing performed by a non-testifying analyst. 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