Legal Opinion
Jones v. Murray
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 7, 1992No. 91-6057PublishedCited by 215 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Section 19.2-310.2 of the Virginia Code, effective July 1, 1990, requires convicted felons to submit blood samples for DNA analysis “to determine identification characteristics specific to the person” and provides for the creation of a data bank of the information for future law enforcement purposes. Six inmates have challenged the statute’s constitutionality, contending that it authorizes the involuntary extraction of blood in violation of the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches' and seizures. They also contend the statute violates the Ex…
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