State v. Miller

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

LONG, J.

This appeal concerns N.J.S.A. 2C:35-19, a “notice and demand” statute that provides that upon the satisfaction of certain requirements, a laboratory certificate may be admitted into evidence in a drug case without the presence of the laboratory employee. More particularly, we are called on to determine whether the trial court denied defendant, Timothy Miller, his rights under that statute and under the Constitution when it admitted a laboratory certifícate over his objection.

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In 1997, Timothy Miller was arrested for a drag offense. A certified…