Court Opinion

ID: 9792039
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:22:17.88967+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:40.341904
License: Public Domain

PARKS, Presiding Judge,
specially concurring:
I am compelled to write separately to address appellant’s second assignment of error in greater detail. It is utterly incomprehensible that a professional of Joyce Gilchrist’s alleged competence wantonly violated the terms of a district court order. As the majority opinion so accurately proclaims, such deliberate violations will always be considered error. However, I must agree that Ms. Gilchrist’s transgressions did not amount to reversible error under the facts of this case. It is apparent from a review of the record that defense counsel’s inaction, which indeed must be considered to have been an implied waiver of appellant’s right to examination of the hair evidence, outweighed the disregarded responsibilities of Ms. Gilchrist. Therefore, I concur in the result reached by the majority. I wish to stress, however, that such a violation will not escape the type of serious consequences herein eluded under a less compelling set of circumstances.