Here is another important confrontation clause case. Many states allow prosecutors to put into evidence the results of lab tests on suspected drugs without having to authenticate the report by a live witness. This is rather like allowing the prosecutor in a tax case to put on financial evidence without producing the accountant for cross-examination.
If you’re interested in more information, check out this state court appellate brief for Melendez-Diaz. For some mainstream media coverage, you can look here and here.
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