STATE v. ROACH

A-129 September Term 2011, 068874

95 A.3d 683 (2014)

219 N.J. 58

STATE of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Reginald ROACH a/k/a Reginald W. Holmes, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided August 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Kirsch , Assistant Deputy Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant ( Joseph E. Krakora , Public Defender, attorney).

Frank J. Ducoat , Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent ( John J. Hoffman , Acting Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney).


Justice LaVECCHIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

Defendant, Reginald Roach, was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault, burglary, and other offenses related to the home invasion and rape of a sixty-four-year-old woman. The issue on appeal to this Court is whether defendant's confrontation rights were violated because the DNA analyst who testified at trial, and who matched the DNA profile developed from defendant's buccal swab to DNA evidence left by...

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