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STATE v. LATURNER

No. 96,086.

218 P.3d 23 (2009)

STATE of Kansas, Appellee, v. Michael Edward LATURNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

October 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rachel L. Pickering, of Kansas Appellate Defender Office, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellant.

Jared S. Maag, deputy solicitor general, argued the cause, and Kristafer R. Ailslieger, assistant solicitor general, Garth L. Adams, assistant county attorney, Steve Six, attorney general, and Paul J. Morrison and Phill Kline, former attorneys general, were with them on the briefs for appellee.

The opinion of the court was delivered by LUCKERT, J.:

In Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, ___ U.S. ___, 129 S.Ct. 2527, 174 L.Ed.2d 314 (2009), the United States Supreme Court recently held that the admission of a forensic laboratory certificate of analysis without the testimony of the analyst, as allowed by a Massachusetts statute, violates a criminal defendant's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment...

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