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MELENDEZ-DIAZ v. MASSACHUSETTS

No. 07-591.

129 S.Ct. 2527 (2009)

557 U.S. 305

174 L.Ed.2d 314

Luis E. MELENDEZ-DIAZ, Petitioner, v. MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Fisher, Stanford, CA, for Petitioner.

Martha Coakley, Attorney General, Boston, MA, for Respondent.

Lisa H. Schertler, for United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Respondent.

Mary T. Rogers, Salem, MA, Thomas C. Goldstein, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford, CA, Amy Howe, Kevin K. Russell, Howe & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, Md, for Petitioner.

Martha Coakley, Attorney General, James J. Arguin, David S. Friedman, Assistant Attorneys General, Boston, MA, for Respondent.

The Massachusetts courts in this case admitted into evidence affidavits reporting the results of forensic analysis which showed that material seized by the police and connected to the defendant was cocaine. The question presented is whether those affidavits are "testimonial," rendering the affiants...

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