Request for presence of lab tach in.court

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Small Claims County Court District Court

Probate Court Juvenile Court Water Court

Jefferson County, State of Colorado

100 Jefferson County Pkwy.

Golden, CO 80401

(303) 271-6215

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO,

Plaintiff, v.

XXXXXX,

Defendant.

Attorney for Defendant:

Daniel N. Recht, #11569

Recht & Kornfeld, P.C.

1600 Stout Street, Suite 1000

Denver, CO 80202

(303) 573-1900

Fax: (303) 446-9400 admin@rechtkornfeld.com

COURT USE ONLY

Case Number: 06 CR

Div.: 3 Ctrm:

MOTION FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY OF LABORATORY TECHNICIAN(S)

COMES NOW, XXXXX, by and through his counsel of record Daniel N.

Recht of Recht and Kornfeld, P.C., and hereby respectfully requests this

Honorable Court Order the prosecution to produce for in-person testimony, pursuant to C.R.S. § 16-3-309(5) (2001), the employee or technician who accomplished any test result, analysis, comparison, identification or other criminalistics laboratory result which the prosecution seeks to introduce at any hearing or trial.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________________

DANIEL N. RECHT #11569

Attorney for Defendant

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this _____ day of January 2007, a true and correct copy of the foregoing MOTION FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY OF

LABORATORY TECHNICIAN(S) was placed in the United States Mail, correct postage prepaid, and addressed to the following:

Office of the District Attorney

Jefferson County Office

500 Jefferson County Pkwy.

Golden, CO 80401

_______________________________

PRACTICE NOTE:

THIS MOTION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LETTER TO THE

WITNESS – SEE, People v. Hinojas-Mendoza 03CA0645 (7/28/2003)

Sample Letter below:

December , 2006

Tony Steele

Phlebotomist

And

CDPHE – LS personnel who performed testing

Re: People v.

06CR

Dear ,

The defendant is charged in Douglas County with Sexual Assault and other charges. The discovery provided by the District Attorney indicates that you may be a witness in this matter. Pursuant to C.R.S. § 16-3-

309(5), the defendant hereby requests that you testify in person at the criminal trial on behalf of the state.

This case is currently set for trial in the district court, Div. of

Douglas County, Colorado on , 2006 at 8:30 a.m. Please be advised that criminal trials are often continued to a date subsequent to the currently scheduled trial date. You may want to contact the Deputy

District Attorney handling this case on a regular basis to confirm your appearance date and time.

This is a continuing request and will remain in effect until the conclusion of this case. This will be the only notice you receive.

Respectfully,

Daniel N. Recht

Defense Counsel

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