It’s a burden for a state expert witness to testify? Bunk.
That’s like saying it’s a burden for cops to testify. Total bunk. Glad I am on the same side as Scalia on this one.
The only problem is that these are not generally crime lab technicians. The are med techs from local hospitals doing these tests in the middle of their real work, trying to help sick people get better. They are not trained in court room tactics or testimony. The go into work every night and work all night and then have to get up and go to court to have a lawyer harangue them over their professional qualifications and a single test that was done 6 or more months ago.