What is the test for obtaining a warrant to collect DNA samples from an adult felony arrestee?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Lowe, D059007 (Cal. App. 2013):
Applying the "totality of the circumstances" test, balancing the intrusion of the challenged search on privacy interests against its promotion of legitimate governmental interests (Samson v. California, supra, 547 U.S. at p. 848), we conclude the compulsory and warrantless collection of buccal swab DNA samples from all adult felony arrestees
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