BLOOD TEST "REPORTS" ARE HEARSAY, WHICH MAY BE INADMISSIBLE
Blood test results, documents and papers are writings and thus hearsay. Under the evidence RULE 802. HEARSAY RULE : "Hearsay is not admissible except as provided by these rules or by other law. "
Admission of hearsay which is not admissible under any exception or other law and its use as a foundation for a conviction violates a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses against him. State v Long 255 NJ Super. 716, 726 (Law Div. 1993)
RULE 803. HEARSAY EXCEPTIONS NOT DEPENDENT ON DECLARANT'S UNAVAILABILITY
Detailed information at http://www.njlaws.com/handling_dwi_blood.html
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