Legal Opinion
United States v. Haight
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 5, 2016No. Criminal Action No. 15-88 (JEB)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JAMES E. BOASBERG, United States District Judge
On December 3, 2015, this Court granted the Government’s motion to obtain a buccal swab from Defendant Marlon Haight in order to compare his DNA to any DNA potentially recovered from firearms seized in connection with his arrest. See EOF No. 30. Haight now asks that the Court require the lab conducting the DNA test to split between two swabs any biological material obtained from the guns. The Government, he contends, may then attempt to extract DNA from one swab, *241while preserving the other for his expert to test. The Government opposes such…
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