Legal Opinion
In re the Personal Restraint of Hacheney
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 26, 2012No. 39448-1-IIPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Deren, J.
¶1 A jury convicted Nicholas Daniel Hacheney of first degree premeditated murder. In this personal restraint petition (PRP),1 Hacheney first argues that the trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses when it admitted a toxicology laboratory report from the Washington State Patrol (WSP) Crime Laboratory and allowed testimony regarding the report without the forensic analyst testifying at trial and being subject to cross-examination. He also asserts that newly discovered evidence of problems at the WSP Crime Laboratory requires vacation of his conviction.
¶2 Hacheney…
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