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Criminal defense – Take the necessary steps to get exculpatory evidence before the factfinder

Ermias Samson stands convicted of felonious possession with intent to sell marijuana under Virginia Code§ 18.2-248.1(a)(2), after his trial lawyer unsuccessfully sought to introduce into evidence the certificate of analysis from Virginia's Department of Forensic Science showing that it was not Samson's fingerprints on...