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Cypress v. Commonwealth
No. 070815Supreme Court of Virginia
070815 Cypress v. Commonwealth 09/16/2010 In criminal proceedings remanded from the Supreme Court of the United States for consideration in light of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 2527…
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070815 Cypress v. Commonwealth 09/16/2010 In criminal proceedings remanded from the Supreme Court of the United States for consid…
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070815 Cypress v. Commonwealth 09/16/2010 In criminal proceedings remanded from the Supreme Court of the United States for consideration in light of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009), admission into evidence of certificates of chemical analysis pursuant to procedures set forth in former Code §§ 19.2-187 and 19.2-187.1, without presentation by the Commonwealth of testimony from the forensic analysts who prepared them, violated the defendants' rights secured by the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In one of the cases in this appeal the judgment of the Court of Appeals affirming the conviction is reversed, the conv…
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