People v. Brown

OPINION OF THE COURT

ClPARICK, J.

The main issue raised on appeal is whether defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to confrontation was violated by the introduction of a DNA report processed by a subcontractor laboratory to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) through the testimony of a forensic biologist from OCME. Because the report is “nontestimonial,” we hold that its admission did not constitute a Crawford violation (see Crawford v Washington, 541 US 36 [2004]; Melendez-Diaz v Massachusetts, 557 US —, 129 S Ct 2527 [2009]).

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The People alleged that on the morning of August 6, 1993,…