Section 6.13 Laboratory Analysis

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B. (§6.13) Laboratory Analysis

Section 544.376, RSMo 2000, allows for laboratory reports to be entered into evidence at preliminary hearings to prove the results of scientific tests. The only limit is that these reports must have been prepared by a crime laboratory in the state or a federal crime laboratory, and the reports must be certified under the seal of that laboratory. The accused or the attorney of record must be provided a copy of the report at least ten days before the preliminary hearing and...