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Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States
Mar 17, 2008
552 U.S. 1256 (2008)
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granting petition for certiorari on "[w]hether a state forensic analyst's laboratory report prepared for use in a criminal prosecution is `testimonial' evidence subject to the demands of the Confrontation Clause as set forth in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177," Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, No. 07-591, 2007 WL 3252033, at *i (S.Ct. Oct. 26, 2007) (petition for certiorari)

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No. 07–591.

2008-03-17

Luis E. MELENDEZ–DIAZ, petitioner, v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Case below, 69 Mass.App.Ct. 1114, 870 N.E.2d 676.

Motion of Richard D. Friedman for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae granted. Motion of Pamela R. Metzger, et al. for leave to file a brief as amici curiae granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Appeals Court of Massachusetts granted.

Summaries of

Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

Supreme Court of the United States
Mar 17, 2008
552 U.S. 1256 (2008)

granting petition for certiorari on "[w]hether a state forensic analyst's laboratory report prepared for use in a criminal prosecution is `testimonial' evidence subject to the demands of the Confrontation Clause as set forth in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36, 124 S.Ct. 1354, 158 L.Ed.2d 177," Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, No. 07-591, 2007 WL 3252033, at *i (S.Ct. Oct. 26, 2007) (petition for certiorari)

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In Melendez-Diaz, the Court held that a forensic laboratory report stating that a suspect substance was cocaine ranked as testimonial for purposes of the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause.

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In Melendez-Diaz, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, approved evidence in the form of drug analysis certificates indicating that a substance found in the possession of the defendant was cocaine.

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In Melendez-Diaz, the Massachusetts Court of Appeals, in an unpublished opinion, approved evidence in the form of drug analysis certificates indicating that a substance found in the possession of the defendant was cocaine.

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Case details for

Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

Case Details

Full title:Luis E. MELENDEZ–DIAZ, petitioner, v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Mar 17, 2008

Citations

552 U.S. 1256 (2008)
128 S. Ct. 1647
170 L. Ed. 2d 352
76 U.S.L.W. 3489

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