In the Interest of McAdory

ANTHONY, J.,

Currently before the court is the above-named juvenile’s application to suppress fingerprint exemplars obtained by the police acting under authority of an order of this court. The order was issued pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. §6308(c)(1), without a showing of probable cause.

The juvenile argues that section 6308(c)(1) violates both the federal and state constitutions unless it is construed to require that the court order authorizing fingerprinting be based upon a showing of probable cause. The commonwealth argues that the statute authorizes the court to enter an order to fingerprint upon…