State v. Pasqualone

{¶ 1} In this case, a state laboratory analyst tested a substance that was found in the possession of defendant-appellee, Thomas Pasqualone, during a traffic stop. It was determined to be cocaine. Under R.C. 2925.51, Pasqualone could have demanded that the analyst testify at his trial by following the statutory procedures upon his receipt of the analyst’s report prior to trial. He did not do so, and the report was admitted into evidence without the analyst’s testimony. The jury found him guilty of drug possession. However, the court of appeals reversed the conviction, finding that…