State v. Walker

Supreme Court of Connecticut

Decided May 2, 2018

Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 2018-05-02

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently August 2019

4 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the defendant's sixth amendment right to confrontation was not violated by testimony from a lab analyst regarding a known DNA profile generated from a swab processed by another analyst who did not testify at trial?”

quoted by 2 later decisions, including 186 Conn. App. 366 - Davis v. Commissioner of Correction, State v. Walker

Relies on 180 Conn. App. 291 - State v. Walker

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Decided 2018-05-02

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¶1The defendant's petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 180 Conn.App. 291, 183 A.3d 1 (2018), is granted, limited to the following issue:

¶2"Did the Appellate Court properly determine that the defendant's sixth amendment right to confrontation was not violated by testimony from a lab analyst regarding a known DNA profile generated from a swab processed by another analyst who did not testify at trial?"

¶3KAHN, J., did not participate in the consideration of or decision on this petition.