State v. Madigan

Hill, Presiding Justice.. The defendant was indicted on June 3,1980, for the aggravated assault and armed robbery of 76-year-old Lora Carden. On June 9, 1980, ten days before trial, he filed a Motion Pursuant to Brady v. Maryland and a Notice to Produce under Code Ann. § 38-801 (g) requesting that the state furnish him with five categories of materials, including: “(2) Results of any scientific tests, experiments or studies made in connection with the... case and copies of all such reports....” He requested that these be furnished to him “sufficiently in advance of trial to give the defendant…