Jones v. Murray

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1992-04-07

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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 t…

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