Legal Opinion
State v. Drakes
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided June 25, 2013No. AC 33327; AC 34570PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVINE, J.
The principal questions in these consolidated appeals are (1) whether the trial court properly granted the state permission to use reasonable physical force to obtain a DNA sample from a felon in the custody of the commissioner of correction (commissioner) pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 2003) § 54-102g (a), as amended by Public Acts 2003, No. 03-242, § 1 (a) (P.A. 03-242),1 and Public Acts 2011, No. 11-144, § 1 (i), and (2) whether the statute as applied to a person convicted of a felony in 2005 violates the due process, ex post facto and double jeopardy provisions of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- State v. LonerganSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- State v. GrottonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- State v. ParraSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State v. DrakesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2016
- State v. BanksConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013