State v. Matulewicz

The issue raised by the defendant, Stanley A. Matulewicz, focuses upon whether a State Police chemist’s laboratory re port, identifying a controlled dangerous substance as marijuana, may be admitted as either a “business entry” pursuant to the hearsay exception in Evidence Rule 63(13) or a “report and finding” of a public official consistent with Evidence Rule 63(15)(a). The Appellate Division, 198 N.J.Super. 474 (1985), reversed the trial court’s order determining that such a report was admissible in evidence, and, remanded the matter for a new trial. The Appellate Division held that the…