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Article: 9th Circuit rules DNA sampling law doesn't violate Fourth Amendment
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- Lawyers USA
- Article date:
- December 17, 2007
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A convicted felon on supervised release could be required to
provide a DNA sample for a national database - the federal law
imposing such a requirement doesn't violate the Fourth Amendment,
the 9th Circuit has ruled.
The defendant was sentenced to a term of imprisonment and three
years of supervised release after pleading guilty to a conspiracy
charge relating to the possession and distribution of
methamphetamine.
The government sought to revoke the defendant's supervised
release when he refused to submit to DNA testing pursuant to the
federal DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act, which requires the
collection of DNA samples from individuals in custody and on
probation, parole or supervised ...
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