State v. Lui

f 1 Sione Lui appeals his jury trial conviction for second degree murder in the strangulation death of his fiancée, Elaina Boussiacos. He argues that his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him was violated when the State’s medical examiner and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) expert testified based partially on forensic evidence developed by others. He relies principally on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts,_U.S._, 129 S. Ct. 2527, 174 L. Ed. 2d 314 (2009), which held that a drug analyst’s “certificate of analysis” was testimonial and fell…