Does the exclusionary rule apply to a DNA sample obtained during a search and seizure?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Batten, G050277 (Cal. App. 2016):
Defendant contends the DNA sample obtained when he was arrested should be suppressed as the tainted fruit of his prolonged detention. (See Wong Sun v. United States (1963) 371 U.S. 471, 485 ["exclusionary rule has traditionally barred from trial physical, tangible materials obtained either during or as a direct result of" a Fourth Amendment violation].) The record does not support his contention. At the hearing on
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