Surpeme Court Decision in Maryland v. King

The Supreme Court on June 3, 2013, issued their decision in Maryland v. King.  The Court stated when officers make an arrest supported by probable cause to hold a suspect for a serious offense and bring him to the station to be detained in custody, taking and analyzing a cheek swab of the arrestee’s DNA is, like fingerprinting and photographing, a legitimate police booking procedure that is reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. To read the decision, please see Law - Caselaw - Supreme Court.