Skip navigation
× You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.

Ninth Circuit Holds Prisoners May be Compelled to Provide Blood Samples Under California DNA Act

The Ninth Circuit has held that prison officials may forcibly extract a blood sample from a California prisoner for purposes of compliance with California’s DNA and Forensic Identification and Data Bank Act of 1998 (codified in sections 295-300.3 of the California Penal Code).

George Hamilton, a California state prisoner serving ...

 

Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.

As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.

Subscribe today

Already a subscriber? Login