Posts tagged crime lab
June Trial Date Set In SF Crime Lab Drug Theft Case
Feb 3rd
A federal judge in San Francisco has set a trial date of June 18 for a former San Francisco police crime laboratory technician accused of stealing cocaine from the facility.
Ombud orders filing of charges vs. ex-crime lab head, personnel
Dec 21st
THE anti-graft body ordered the filing of charges against a retired police official and a police officer for allegedly faking a macro-etching certificate to an allegedly carnapped vehicle. The Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for the Military and Other Law Enforcement Offices filed the case of falsification against retired police Insp.
Former PNP Crime Lab chief, 3 others face criminal raps
Dec 21st
The Office of the Deputy Ombudsman for the Military and other Law Enforcement Offices indicted Retired Police Superintendent Myrna Areola and three others for violation of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
Bail granted to ex-lab tech accused of stealing drugs from SF crime lab
Dec 9th
A former San Francisco Police Department laboratory technician who is accused of obtaining cocaine by subterfuge was granted bail on a $25,000 bond at a hearing in federal court in The City on Friday. Deborah Madden, 61, of San Mateo, was allowed by U.S. Magistrate Elizabeth Laporte to remain free on an unsecured $25,000 personal bond while awaiting her not-yet-scheduled trial. Laporte also ...
Metro agrees to pay for more DNA retesting if needed
Nov 1st
Two crime-lab miscues, including one that helped imprison an innocent man, are going to cost Metro Police more than the $1.5 million settlement already paid to the former inmate.
Supreme Court Rejects Surrogates in Crime Lab Testimony
Jun 24th
The Supreme Court extended its 2009 ruling that crime lab reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts involved can testify and be cross-examined.
Supreme Court Rejects Surrogates in Crime Lab Testimony
Jun 24th
The Supreme Court extended its 2009 ruling that crime lab reports may not be used against criminal defendants at trial unless the analysts involved can testify and be cross-examined.
Opinion analysis: New curb on crime lab reports
Jun 23rd
Once more divided 5-4 on how to define the right of a criminal suspect to confront accusers, the Court rules that, if a crime lab report is offered by prosecutors, the person who did the test and prepared the report must testify, and a supervisor cannot do so in the absence of that technician.
Chandler crime lab gains international recognition
May 19th
The lab has become the first city lab in the state to receive international accreditation.
R.I. crime lab has backlog of 400 cases
Feb 12th
SOUTH KINGSTOWN -- After two young boys were shot on the basketball courts in Providence 's Manton Heights housing project in November, the police caught a young man carrying a gun and a grudge against the residents in Manton. But three months later, the gun found on the young man still hasn't been examined - and the police still don't know if he is the Manton shooter.
