Legal Opinion
Banks v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 18, 2007No. 06-5068PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.
Government collection of deoxyribonu-cleic acid (“DNA”) samples has caused considerable controversy. From State proposals to expand DNA extraction to misdemeanants, to federal DNA statutes designed to assist police in solving crimes, detractors allude to a police state reminiscent of George Orwell’s dystopia portrayed in 198k- In this case, the challenged federal statute, The DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000, 1 requires convicted felons to submit a DNA sample for inclusion in a national database. The database is used for law enforcement identification…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Brigham City v. StuartSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
- Griffin v. WisconsinSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Kaemmerling v. LappinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2008
- United States v. WinderCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2011
- Powers v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
- United States v. KrieselCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
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