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Constitutional Law—Supreme Court of Minnesota Upholds Warrantless DNA Sample of Individual Convicted of Misdemeanor—State v. Johnson, 813 N.W.2d 1 (Minn. 2012)

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and article I, section 10 of the Minnesota Constitution protect an individual’s privacy right from an unreasonable search or seizure.  However, courts have upheld the constitutionality of some searches when an individual’s...