Danzey v. State

Rodney Danzey was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance after entering a guilty plea. He contends that his guilty plea was not voluntarily and knowingly entered because, he says, he was not informed that after he was convicted of that felony the State would be entitled to take a DNA sample pursuant to § 36-18-24, Ala. Code 1975. This Code section provides that all persons convicted of a felony after May 6, 1994, are required to submit to DNA testing. He also contends that his plea was involuntary because, he says, the lack of the information that he would be subjected to…