Oliver v. State

STEELE, Chief Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether a Superior Court judge abused his discretion when he granted defense counsel an overnight continuance to review an additional set of laboratory reports the State’s chemist produced while testifying on cross examination. We agree with the Superior Court judge’s ruling that the State failed to comply with Superior Court Criminal Rule 16. However, we hold the trial judge abused his discretion by granting defense counsel a continuance for less than 24 hours to review the highly technical data in the reports. Accordingly, we reverse.

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