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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 744 N.E.2d 437
  • 2001 Ind. LEXIS 273
  • 2001 WL 290920

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  • stating that once a DNA profile is obtained, the owner no longer has any possessory or ownership interest in it
  • stating that once a DNA profile is obtained, the owner no longer has any possessory or ownership interest in it
  • stating once a DNA profile is obtained, the owner no longer has any possessory or ownership interest in it
  • acknowledging a legitimate expectation of privacy in body and blood samples
  • “once DNA is used to create a profile, the profile becomes the property of the Crime Lab. Thus, the defendant had no possessory or ownership interest in it”
  • “[O]nce DNA is used to create a profile, the profile becomes the property of the Crime Lab[,] [t]hus, Smith had no possessory or ownership interest in it.”

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Judges: Boehm, Shepard, Dickson, Sullivan, Rucker

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