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Aguilar v. Commonwealth
No. 082564Supreme Court of Virginia
082564 Aguilar v. Commonwealth 09/16/2010 (Revised 05/23/2011) In a case remanded by the Supreme Court of the United States for further consideration in light of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. ___, 1…
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082564 Aguilar v. Commonwealth 09/16/2010 (Revised 05/23/2011) In a case remanded by the Supreme Court of the United States for f…
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082564 Aguilar v. Commonwealth 09/16/2010 (Revised 05/23/2011) In a case remanded by the Supreme Court of the United States for further consideration in light of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009), the Commonwealth's failure to call as witnesses two forensic scientists who played preliminary roles in the DNA analysis at issue but did not author the certificates of analysis admitted into evidence did not violate the defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause because neither scientist bore testimony against the defendant. The judgment of the Court of appeals concluding that the circuit court did not err in admitting the certificates into evidence and up…
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