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STATE v. BRENNAN

No. COA09-1362.

692 S.E.2d 427 (2010)

STATE of North Carolina v. Thomas Lee BRENNAN.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

May 4, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Roy Cooper, by Assistant Attorney General Barry H. Bloch, for the State.

Jon W. Myers, Lexington, for defendant-appellant.

WYNN, Judge.

"The Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment bars admission of testimonial evidence [such as a forensic analysis] unless the declarant is unavailable to testify and the accused has had a prior opportunity to cross-examine the declarant."1 In the present case, the State sought to introduce evidence identifying a purported controlled substance through the testimony of a witness who had read the affidavit of the chemical...

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