J.D.K. v. Commonwealth

OPINION

SARA WALTER COMBS, Judge:

J.D.K., a juvenile, challenges the authority of the Jefferson District Court to require him to give a blood sample to be compiled in the state’s centralized DNA database pursuant to Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 17.170(1). This matter originated in Jefferson District Court, was appealed to Jefferson Circuit Court, and is now before us upon our grant of discretionary review. After our review of the statute, we conclude that the lower courts erred in applying the provisions of KRS 17.170 to the appellant. Thus, we reverse.

*175On November 18, 1999, J.D.K., then…