Agent: SBI didn't allow full result in lab reports
RALEIGH (AP) — A North Carolina law enforcement agent says his report that items found at a murder scene indicated the presence of blood followed agency's policy at the time, which didn't allow him to say that a follow-up test was negative.
State Bureau of Investigation agent Duane Deaver testified Friday that he performed lab tests from the scene of a 1991 for which 47-year-old Greg Taylor was convicted. A three-judge panel is hearing his case because the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission recommended it for review.
The initial tests on some items from Taylor's sport utility vehicle were positive for blood, but follow-up tests were negative. Deaver's bench notes noted the negative results, but his formal lab report did not.
An SBI spokeswoman said she would look into whether Deaver's testimony was accurate.
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