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Maryland v. King, No. 12-207 (U.S. Supreme Court) (569 U.S. 435; 133 S.Ct. 1958) (June 3, 2013) (Justice Kennedy)

In this landmark decision regarding the rights of the police to take DNA samples from arrestees, a bitterly divided majority held, by a 5-4 vote that: “When officers make an arrest supported by probable cause for a serious offense and bring the suspect into the station, taking a cheek swab ...

 

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