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Quarterman v. State

Citations

  • 651 S.E.2d 32
  • 282 Ga. 383
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 2921
  • 2007 Ga. LEXIS 580

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a statute requiring incarcerated felons to provide a DNA sample “does not force a convicted felon to remove incriminating evidence but only to submit his or her body for the purpose of having the evidence removed”
  • explaining no strict scrutiny analysis because convicted felons not members of a suspect class
  • explaining no strict scrutiny analysis because convicted felons not members of a suspect class
  • “grounds not asserted in the trial court may not be asserted on appeal”
  • statutory requirement that convicted felon provide DNA sample did not violate his right against compelled self-incrimination because it does not force the convicted felon to remove incriminating DNA evidence from his body himself but only to submit to having the evidence removed
  • statute requiring certain convicted felons to provide a DNA sample did not violate self-incrimination right because it forced the felon “only to submit his or her body for the purpose of having the evidence removed”

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Judges: Hunstein

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