State of Iowa v. Jack Harold Smith Jr.

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• holding that taking of a handwriting sample is not a \critical stage\ of the proceedings
• holding that taking of a handwriting sample is not a “critical stage” of the proceedings
• holding that the defendant’s “Tangela” tattoo was testimonial because -it tended to prove that the defendant had a relationship with a person named Tangela Hudson
• recognizing that providing 27 a handwriting sample is not a testimonial act protected under the Fifth Amendment
• holding that “[t]he taking of [handwriting] exemplars did not violate petitioner’s 8 Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination”
• holding that even aside from the fact that the exemplars were taken before the indictment, the taking of handwriting exemplars was not a “critical” stage of the criminal proceedings

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