State v. Norton
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with armed robbery. During trial, a DNA expert testified regarding the work of another DNA analyst. The expert was a supervisor in the same lab, reviewed the work of the other analyst, and came to his own conclusion that was consistent with the conclusion of the other analyst. The analyst herself, however, did not testify. The Court of Special Appeals concluded that the admission of the DNA case report without the analyst’s testimony violated Defendant’s ability to confront his accuser. The Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that the language “within a reasonable degree of scientific certainty” in the DNA report rendered the report testimonial within Williams v. Illinois.
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