Court Opinion

ID: 9667722
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:53:27.771538+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:40.146151
License: Public Domain

Spencer, J.,
concurring.
I agree with the result reached in the opinion. However, I call attention to section 29-1912(1) (e), R. S. Supp., 1972, which provides for discovery of: “The results and reports of physical or mental examinations, and the scientific tests, or experiments made in connection with the particular case, or copies thereof; * * *.” Section 29-1919 (3), R. S. Supp., 1972, permits the suppression of tests for failure to allow discovery. In my judgment, the graph and other evidence of the results of scientific tests should be preserved. In drug cases' where the substance seized may be used up in the test, the defendant should be permitted to check the work sheets. In the future, I would suppress such evidence if the work sheets are not preserved. Such suppression appears to be the only reasonable and effective sanction available.
Smith, J., concurs with Spencer, J.