SC06-86 – State of Florida v. Lorenzo Cephus Johnson A/K/A Lorenzo Ceatus Johnson

State: Florida

Docket No: SC06-86

Case Date: 01/10/2008

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____________ No. SC06-86 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. LORENZO CEPHUS JOHNSON A/K/A LORENZO CEATUS JOHNSON, etc., Respondent. [May 1, 2008] QUINCE, J. This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Johnson v. State, 929 So. 2d 4 (Fla. 2nd DCA 2005). In its decision the district court ruled upon the following question, which the court certified to be of great public importance: DOES THE ADMISSION OF A FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT LAB REPORT ESTABLISHING THE ILLEGAL NATURE OF SUBSTANCES POSSESSED BY A DEFENDANT VIOLATE THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE AND CRAWFORD V. WASHINGTON, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), WHEN THE PERSON WHO PERFORMED THE LAB TEST DID NOT TESTIFY?

Id. at 8-9. We have jurisdiction. See art. V,

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