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People v. Buza

Seizure of DNA pursuant to statute, which required DNA samples from felony arrestees immediately following arrest, violates Fourth Amendment.



Cite as

2011 DJDAR 13487

Published

Sep. 2, 2011

Filing Date

Aug. 31, 2011


THE PEOPLE,

THE PEOPLE,

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

MARK BUZA,

Defendant and Appellant.    

 

No. A125542

(San Francisco County

Super. Ct. No. SCN 207818)

California Courts of Appeal

First Appellate District

Division Two

Filed August 31, 2011

 

ORDER MODIFYING OPINION

[NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT]

 

THE COURT:

 

     It is ordered that the published opinion filed herein on August 4, 2011, be modified as follows:

 

At the end of the paragraph beginning near the middle of page 43 and ending near the middle of page 44, the following sentence should be added:  ?If it did, the State could take a DNA sample from every citizen and use it for investigative purposes, an Orwellian prospect.?

 

There is no change in the judgment.

 

 

Dated:  _______

Kline, P.J.

 

 

 

 

Trial Court:

Superior Court of City and County of San Francisco

 

Trial Judge:

Hon. Carol Yaggy

 

Attorneys for Appellant:

     First District Appellate Project

     Matthew Zwerling, Executive Director

     J. Bradley O?Connell, Asst. Director

     Kathryn Seligman, Staff Attorney

 

Attorneys for Respondent:

     Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General

     Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General

     Dane R. Gillette, Chief Asst. Atty. General

     Gerald A. Engler, Sr. Asst. Atty. General

     Joyce Blair, Supervising Deputy A.G.

     Stan Helfman, Supervising Deputy A.G.

     Enid A. Camps, Deputy Attorney General

 

Attorneys for Amicus Curiae

DNA Saves, in support of

Respondent:

     Fulbright & Jaworski

     Tillman James Breckenridge

     Jonathan S. Franklin

 

 

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