Poor communication to the crime lab is VERY common in my experience. In one of the labs that I used to work, it was not uncommon for lab staff to toil away on cases that had already pled out, or even been adjudicated, but the lab was never told by prosecutors or investigators not to bother working on old requests for analysis.
Better communication would be one way to instantly reduce crime lab backlog, and prevent still needed evidence from being disposed of.
A Huntsville man charged with manslaughter in a deadly 2005 wreck wants the crime lab results of his blood alcohol test thrown out because the sample was destroyed before the defense could do its own tests.
A court order asking that the sample be preserved was never delivered to the state crime lab.
To read the whole story in The Huntsville Times, click here.
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