Court Opinion

ID: 9570207
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:21:03.865366+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:04:35.043130
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Hill, Chief Justice,
concurring in the judgment.
I concur in the judgment but not all that is said in the opinion. Specifically, where the majority say, in dicta, that if the defendant does not receive the scientific report at least ten days prior to trial, the defendant “may be entitled to a continuance or recess as the trial judge shall determine,” I would say that the defendant would be entitled to a continuance unless the state is able to show that the continuance is sought solely for purpose of delay.
Here the state showed that defendant’s expert had been permitted to examine the substance in question prior to trial and thus there was no reason to continue the case. Moreover, the examination by defendant’s expert rendered harmless the state’s failure to produce a written report. I therefore concur in the judgment.