27 Va. App. 71 - Waller v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Higginbotham v. Commonwealth · 4 Va. App. 438 - Martin v. Commonwealth · 7 Va. App. 10 - Blain v. Commonwealth · Gray v. Commonwealth · 13 Va. App. 97 - Langhorne v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“In any hearing or trial of any criminal offense ..., a certificate of analysis of a person performing an analysis or examination, performed in any laboratory operated by the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services or the Division of Forensic Science[,] ... when such certificate is duly attested by such person, shall be admissible in evidence as evidence of the facts therein stated and the results of the analysis or examination referred to therein, provided (i) the certificate of analysis is filed with the clerk of the court hearing the case at least seven days prior to the hearing or trial and (ii) a copy of such certificate is mailed or delivered by the clerk or attorney for the Commonwealth to counsel of record for the accused at least seven days prior to the hearing or trial upon request made by such counsel to the clerk with notice of the request to the attorney for the Commonwealth. The request to the clerk shall be on a form prescribed by the Supreme Court and filed with the clerk at least ten days prior to trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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