In Re Renewed Investigation of the State Police Crime Laboratory, Serology Division
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
MAYNARD, Justice.
This case concerns a third investigation of the Serology Division of the State Police Crime Laboratory (“Crime Lab”). The specific issue in this case is whether serologists in the Crime Lab, other than Fred Zain, falsified evidence in criminal prosecutions. 1 This Court earlier appointed a special judge to conduct an investigation and to render a report. We now adopt the special judge’s report to the extent that it finds insufficient evidence of intentional misconduct by Zain’s assistant serologists to warrant invalidation of serology evidence and a systematic review of those…
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- Halstead v. HortonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- State v. FrazierWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- In Re an Investigation of the West Virginia State Police Crime LaboratoryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1993
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