DNA Database Case Law

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The Denver District Attorney has collected legal decisions concerning statutory schemes requiring convicted felons to submit DNA samples for identification and database purposes. There are many cases upholding these statutes and a list of citations is provided (PDF).

The Denver District Attorney also provides a list of cases that involved challenges to DNA database statutes based on the Fourth Amendment.

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