(Asheville Citizen-Times) District Attorney Ron Moore and a victims’ advocate are pushing for a judge’s order they say would compel state officials to turn over documents showing some crime analysts had failed certification tests.
The State Bureau of Investigation is refusing to turn over the tests despite pressure from local prosecutors such as Moore. He made the motion June 26 in Buncombe County Superior Court, saying the agency’s refusal to provide the information is illegal.
Buncombe County Superior Court Judge Gary M. Gavenus has yet to sign an order on the motion.
About two dozen analysts failed national certification tests that were supposed to reassure the public that laboratory work is performed correctly.
The agency was criticized two years ago when an auditor who found that hundreds of blood examinations had been incorrectly reported. A review found that the SBI lab’s policies and procedures improperly favored prosecutors.
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