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ROSCOE v. STATE

No. S09A1639.

687 S.E.2d 455 (2009)

ROSCOE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Kondritzer, Atlanta, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Elizabeth A. Baker, Bettieanne C. Hart, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

Tyshawn Roscoe was indicted for malice murder, felony murder, and hijacking a motor vehicle, and his trial date was set for April 27, 2009. Earlier, it had been discovered that Bernadette Davy, a firearms examiner for the State, had not been performing the required number of ballistics tests in each of her cases, and she was terminated for this breach of protocol. Davy had performed the testing on the alleged murder weapon in Roscoe's case.

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