U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Sep. 15, 2010
Court: Federal Agents Can Take DNA of Pretrial Felony Defendants
Federal agents can sample the DNA of pretrial felony defendants without a warrant, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held on Tuesday in the first such decision nationally by a federal appellate court.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Federal agents can sample the DNA of pretrial felony defendants without a warrant, a divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel held on Tuesday in the first such decision nationally by a federal appellate court.
The 2-1 ruling drew immediate fire from the American Civil Liberties Union and from defense lawyers who saw it as a further erosion of the Fourth Amendment right to be free...
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