Thomas v. the State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
August 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts · Bullcoming v. New Mexico · Leger v. State · Wilson v. State · 288 Ga. App. 828 - Castillo v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“have consistently held that the Confrontation Clause does not require the analyst who actually completed the forensic testing used against a defendant to testify at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is a supervisor, reviewer , or someone else with a personal, albeit limited, connection to the scientific test at issue.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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