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Melendez-Diaz case is cited in dismissal (access required)
Assembly’s approach mirrored that of court

By Alan Cooper
Published: September 7, 2009

The General Assembly and the Virginia Court of Appeals appear to be on the same page in their analysis of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. The intermediate appellate court cited Melendez-Diaz last week in reversing a drunken driving conviction but suggested that the state law that required the reversal could be structured so that it would not invoke ...
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