The Supreme Court says: Analysts are accusatory witnesses

Prosecuting attorneys argued analysts weren't accusatory witnesses, and the U.S. Supreme Court said of course they are. After all, they provide testimony proving an element of a crime. The high Court went on to say there are only two classes of witnesses under the Sixth Amendment: (1) those against the defendant, whom the prosecution must produce, and (2) those in favor of the defendant, whom the defendant may call, and specifically rejected the notion of a third class of witnesses (3) helpful to the prosecution yet immune from confrontation under the Sixth Amendment.

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