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· 1/24/2007

State v. O'HAGEN

Citations

  • 914 A.2d 267
  • 189 N.J. 140
  • 2007 N.J. LEXIS 16

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 \cheek swab is a very minor physical intrusion upon the person\ and \is no more intrusive than the fingerprint procedure . . . that a person must already undergo as part of the normal arrest process\
  • upholding a similar New Jersey DNA statute under the Fourth Amendment and the New Jersey Constitution
  • applying special needs analysis to uphold statute requiring all those convicted of certain offenses to provide blood sample for DNA testing
  • finding a special need “because the testing is not for the immediate investigation of a specific crime”
  • upholding constitutionality of a statute requiring DNA collection from \[ejvery person convicted or found not guilty by reason of insanity of a crime\
  • upholding constitutionality of statute requiring DNA collection from “[ejvery person convicted or found not guilty by reason of insanity of a crime ” (emphasis added) (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Long, Lavecchia, Zazzali, Albin, Wallace, Rivera-Soto

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