Legal Opinion
Quarterman v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 24, 2007No. S07A0659PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Presiding Justice.
We granted Kenny Quarterman’s application for interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s ruling upholding the constitutionality of OCGA § 24-4-60, which requires any person convicted of a felony and incarcerated in a State correctional facility to provide a sample for DNA analysis to determine the identification characteristics specific to the person. Id. at (b). For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
In 2005, while Quarterman was incarcerated in the State prison system for a felony drug conviction, a DNA sample was collected from him pursuant to OCGA § 24-4-60…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Conner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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