Legal Opinion
Maryland v. King
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided July 30, 2012No. 12A48In-chambersCited by 239 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Justice Roberts, Circuit Justice.
Maryland’s DNA Collection Act, Md. Pub. Saf. Code Ann. § 2-501 et seq. (Lexis 2011), authorizes law enforcement officials to collect DNA samples from individuals charged with but not yet convicted of certain crimes, mainly violent crimes and first-degree burglary. In 2009, police arrested Alonzo Jay King, Jr., for first-degree assault. When personnel at the booking facility collected his DNA, they found it matched DNA evidence from a rape committed in 2003. Relying on the match, the State charged and successfully convicted King of, among other things,…
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