Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided February 16, 2010No. COA09-278PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Judge.
At issue in this case is whether the trial court violated Defendant’s Sixth Amendment right of confrontation by allowing into evidence the testimony of a forensic analyst regarding the results of a forensic analysis performed by an analyst who did not testify at trial and the report of the non-testifying analyst. For the reasons which follow, we conclude that Defendant received a fair trial, free of error.
I. Procedural History
On 14 November 2007, Defendant was arrested and charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver cocaine and sale of cocaine. On 26 November 2007,…
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