   his work on that assignment on October 17, 2012. Mr. Hawkins
     testified that he is capable of beginning his analysis once the
     Trace Lab has completed its preliminary analysis, and was

     September 5, 2012 preliminary findings and his own assignment.
     Mr. Hawkins was told that the trial date was December 14, 2012,
     and was confident that he would be able to provide his analysis
     by that time, as the process generally takes eight to twelve
     weeks. Mr. Hawkins completed his findings and preliminary
     report by November 9, 2012. The final review of thewas informed for the first time on December
     14th that the Commonwealth was demanding a jury trial. The

     advisement and scheduled a January 28, 2013 hearing. The
     purpose of the hearing was to afford the Commonwealth the
     opportunity to present testimony explaining the delay in
     finalizing the DNA analysis. On January 28th, the hearing was
     continued to February 7, 2013, because the Commonwealth had
     subpoenaed its witnesses for the wrong time. The testimony
     presented on February 7, 2013[,] revealed the following:

           The samples submitted for screening