Procedimiento para la solicitud de documentos de evidencia de análisis

Explicación Simple

Si alguien quiere ver los documentos que respaldan un análisis, necesita demostrar que son importantes. Si mostrar esos documentos es muy complicado, el juez puede permitir que solo se revisen en el laboratorio.

Es como cuando quieres ver la receta de un platillo en un restaurante, pero el chef solo te deja mirar la cocina en lugar de darte la receta completa.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que en un caso de accidente de tráfico, Juan quiere ver los resultados de un análisis de sangre que se usaron como prueba. El juez le dice que puede ver esos resultados en el laboratorio, pero no le entregará los documentos completos porque sería difícil para el laboratorio.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 19.2-187.2 - Procedure for subpoena duces tecum of analysis evidence. No subpoena duces tecum shall issue for the production of writings or documents used to reach the conclusion contained in a certificate of analysis prepared pursuant to § 19.2-187 except upon affidavit that the requested writings or documents are material. Upon a showing by the Commonwealth that the production of such writings and documents would place an undue burden on the Department of Forensic Science, the court may order that the subpoena duces tecum be satisfied by making the writings and documents available for inspection by the requesting party at the laboratory site where the analysis was performed or at the laboratory operated by the Department of Forensic Science which is closest to the court in which the case is pending. 1993, c. 629; 2005, cc. 868 , 881 . Va. Code § 19.2-188 - Reports by Chief Medical Examiner received as evidence. A. Reports of investigations made by the Chief Medical Examiner, his assistants or medical examiners, and the records and certified reports of autopsies made under the authority of Title 32.1, shall be received as evidence in any court or other proceeding, and copies of photographs, laboratory findings and reports in the office of the Chief Medical Examiner or any medical examiner, when duly attested by the Chief Medical Examiner or one of his Assistant Chief Medical Examiners, shall be received as evidence in any court or other proceeding for any purpose for which the original could be received without proof of the official character or the person whose name is signed thereto. B. Any statement of fact or of opinion in such reports and records concerning the physical or medical cause of death and not alleging any conduct by the accused shall be ad