Chambers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““In Ex parte Ware, 181 So.3d 409 (Ala.2014), the Alabama-Supreme Court addressed the issue- whether Ware’s Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him was violated when the circuit court admitted into evidence a DNA-proffle report that was based on the work of laboratory technicians who did not testify at trial. The Court analyzed the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 , 124 S.Ct. 1354 , 158 L.Ed.2d 177 (2004), and the decisions following Crawford stating: “ ‘The Sixth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides in part that, “[i]n all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy thq right ... to be confronted with the witnesses against him.... ” In Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56, 66 , 100 S.Ct. 2531 , 65 L.Ed.2d 597 (1980), the United States Supreme Court held that the Confrontation Clause does not bar admission of an unavailable witness’s statement against a criminal defendant if the statement bears “adequate ‘indicia of reliability.’ ” ‘“In Crawford, the United States Supreme Court overruled Roberts,- rejecting the “reliability” standard and holding that the right to confront witnesses applies to all out-of-court statements that are “testimonial.” 541 U.S. at 68 . Although the Crawford Court did not arrive at a comprehensive definition of “testimonial,” it noted that “the principal evil at which the Confrontation Clause was directed was the civil-law mode of criminal procedure, and particularly its use of ex p”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State

2. ““ ‘that Kokoszka’s testimony in this ease satisfied the purpose of the Confrontation Clause. Kokoszka signed the DNA-profile report and initialed each page of Cellmark’s “case file” that was also admitted, into evidence. Kokoszka testified that he was one of the individuals taking responsibility for the work that resulted, in the report and that he had. reviewed each of the analyses undertaken to determine that they were done according to standard operating procedures and that the conclusions drawn were accurate and appropriate.. Kokoszka’s testimony at trial provided Ware with an opportunity to cross-examine Kokosz-ka about any potential errors or defects -in the testing and analysis, including errors committed by other analysts who had worked on the case.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State