State v. Doe

The issue in this case is whether the contents of the affidavit and the evidence presented orally under oath were sufficient to support the issuance of a search warrant to take blood samples, saliva samples, and hair samples from the head and pubic area of John Doe. A warrant was issued by Keller, C.J., who transferred Doe’s objections prior to execution of the warrant.

*683On May 20, 1975, a twenty-two-year-old white woman was found dead on a bed in her apartment in Concord. The affidavit and evidence under oath submitted in support of the warrant contain among other facts and circumstances the…