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 Last semester I was thinking about the topic of machine-generated testimony and the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. I am curious, as we wrap up the semester, if anyone else in the class has thoughts on the topic. With finals and papers looming, I certainly understand time to such matters is limited. I'll try to provide much of the relevant background:

The topic partially begins with a case decided by the 4th Circuit in 2007, United States v. Washington, 498 F.3d 225 (4th Cir. 2007). In Washington, the defendant was pulled over for allegedly erratic driving and thereafter was taken to a hospital where he consented to a blood sample. The sample was analyzed using specific varieties of gas chromatography and the machines used for the analysis produced 20 pages of data and graphs. One question before the court was what confrontation right existed for the defendant as to the lab test results. The court held:


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