Legal Opinion
State v. Martin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided May 2, 2008No. 06-119 & 06-205PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.
¶ 1. These consolidated appeals from the Addison and Chittenden District Courts present the question of whether the State may, in keeping with Chapter I, Article 11 of the Vermont Constitution, require convicted nonviolent felons to provide DNA samples for inclusion in state and federal DNA databases under the terms of 20 V.S.A. §§ 1931-1946. We conclude that it may. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the Addison District Court and reverse the judgment of the Chittenden District Court.
I. The Vermont DNA Database and Data Bank
¶ 2. Since 1998, Vermont has required at least some felons to…
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