Court Opinion

ID: 9577930
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 21:39:30.67018+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:21:31.297190
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McMurray, Presiding Judge,
dissenting.
I must respectfully dissent as in my view under the particular facts and circumstances in the case sub judice, appellant’s motion for continuance to allow the opportunity for appellant’s own expert to examine the State scientific reports should have been granted and the trial court erred in not granting same.
The State’s evidence submitted to support the revocation of appellant’s probation was derived from scientific analysis and the appellant should have been afforded an opportunity for his own expert to examine the State’s scientific reports. There was no compelling reason for the revocation hearing to proceed without first permitting the appellant’s own expert to examine the State’s scientific reports.