Legal Opinion
United States v. Carmichael
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 25, 2003No. 02-40561, 02-21023PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Gabriel Collins and James Carmichael both pleaded guilty to federal bank robbery charges and are currently serving terms of confinement in federal prison facilities. Both have appealed their sentences because, pursuant to the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 (“the DNA Act”), the sentences require the collection of a DNA sample as a mandatory condition of supervised release, a provision appellants urge is unconstitutional. They further contend that an implied provision of their sentence was the requirement, pursuant to the DNA Act,…
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