autopsy-testimony

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21-7610 Terry Smith v. Florida, et al. Florida 2022-04-14 Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy autopsy-testimony confrontation-clause due-process evidence forensic-evidence hearsay medical-examiner sixth-amendment testimony 1. Does Florida's practice of allowing a medical examiner to testify to an autopsy he/she did not perform violate the Confrontation Clause when the me…
18-9094 Marty J. Hebert v. Louisiana Fifth Circuit 2019-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP autopsy-findings autopsy-testimony constitutional-error criminal-procedure discovery due-process exculpatory-evidence expert-witness fifth-amendment grand-jury grand-jury-testimony prosecutorial-misconduct second-degree-murder sixth-amendment The State expert witness Dr. Emile Laga testified before the grand jury concerning his findings of the autopsy of the murder victim and the state secu…