                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATE OF FORENSIC SCIENTIST AS EVIDENCE; REQUIRING FORENSIC SCIENTIST TO
APPEAR (§ 4.1-352)

The certificate of any forensic scientist employed by the Commonwealth on behalf
of the Board or the Department of Forensic Science, when signed by him, shall be
evidence in all prosecutions for violations of this subtitle and all
controversies in any judicial proceedings touching the mixture analyzed by him.
On motion of the accused or any party in interest, the court may require the
forensic scientist making the analysis to appear as a witness and be subject to
cross-examination, provided such motion is made within a reasonable time prior
to the day on which the case is set for trial.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 4-90; 1972, c. 741; 1981, c. 410; 1993, c. 866; 2003, c.
130; 2005, cc. 868, 881.