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Jan 30, 2013

Wis. Supreme Court accepts five new cases, denies 51

Wisconsin justices voted this week to accept five new cases, concerning everything from property disputes to right to counsel.

Jun 20, 2012

US Supreme Court fractures on expert testimony issue

The Confrontation Clause does not bar an expert from testifying at a criminal trial that a DNA profile produced by an outside laboratory matched the defendant’s state lab DNA profile, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in a fractured opinion.

Jun 18, 2012

US high court sides with state in DNA case

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a rape conviction over objections that the defendant did not have the chance to question the reliability of the DNA evidence that helped convict him.

Dec 7, 2011

Does Confrontation Clause bar expert DNA testimony?

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have already looked at the issue of DNA evidence in criminal cases, with several rulings restricting prosecutors’ ability to admit such data without calling the lab analysts who prepared the tests to testify.

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