MD MOTION ON GSR

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA                       IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE

_____________ COUNTY                        SUPERIOR COURT DIVISION

FILE NO. ________________

               STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA              

                                                                             MOTION TO COMPEL DISCLOSURE

                                     VS                                         OF UNDERLYING SBI FILE

                                                                             (GUNSHOT RESIDUE TESTING)

_________________________,                                         

Defendant

              NOW COMES the Defendant, by and through her attorney, _______________, and hereby moves the Court for Orders:

1.               Requiring the Office of the District Attorney, 12th Judicial District, to contact forthwith the State Bureau of Investigation Laboratory, and to obtain from that agency ALL documents, memoranda, notes and other paper writings of any kind contained in the SBI laboratory files pertaining to a Gunshot Residue Test allegedly done on this Defendant, on or about, July 23, 2002 in Cumberland County. (See SBI Lab Report No: R200218460, attached hereto and incorporated by reference).

2.               Requiring the Office of the District Attorney, 12th Judicial District, to contact forthwith the State Bureau of Investigation Laboratory, and to obtain from that agency ALL laboratory procedure and protocol documents or manuals concerning Gunshot Residue Testing; any reports documenting "false positives" in prior SBI Gunshot Residue laboratory results; and information about the credentials of the individuals who performed the Gun  Shot Residue Tests referred to in SBI Lab Report No: R200218460, attached hereto and incorporated by reference.

3.               Requiring the Office of the District Attorney, 12th Judicial District, to turn over originals or photocopies of all documents and other information obtained pursuant to the requests in Paragraphs 1 and 2 (above), to defense counsel within one month’s time.

In support of this motion counsel cites:

1.    N.C.G.S. 15A-903

2.    S v. Cunningham, 108 N.C. App. 185 (1992)

3.    S. v. Dunn, ___ N.C. App. ____ (11/19/2002)

4.    Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 (1985)

5.    The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution

6.    Article One, Sections 19, 23, 35 and 36 of the State Constitution.

This the ___________ day of _________________ 20_____.

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Attorney-at-Law

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

              The undersigned counsel for the aforenamed defendant hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Motion was delivered to the Office of the District Attorney, Twelfth Judicial District, on the _____ day of _______________, 20____.

                                                                                    ________________________________

                                                                                    Attorney for the Defendant