Legal Opinion
United States v. Karen H. Amerson, United States of America v. Julius Graves
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 4, 2007No. Docket 05-1423-cr, 05-1063-crPublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
The Justice For All Act of 2004, Pub.L. No. 108-405, 118 Stat. 2260 (“the 2004 DNA Act” or “DNA Act” or “the Act”), requires federal offenders convicted of “[a]ny felony” to supply a sample of their DNA for analysis and storage in the Combined DNA Index System (“CODIS”), a national database administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) and the Bureau of Prisons. We have twice approved of similar, although more narrowly drafted, state DNA indexing statutes. See Nicholas v. Goord, 430 F.3d 652, 669 (2d Cir.2005) (validating New York’s DNA indexing…
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