ALFARO v. TERHUNE

No. C034286.

120 Cal.Rptr.2d 197 (2002)

98 Cal.App.4th 492

Maria ALFARO et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. C.A. TERHUNE, as Director, etc., et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 2002.

Review Denied August 21, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn K. Andrews, John R. Grele and Susan Ten Kwan under appointments by the Court of Appeal; Morrison & Foerster, Matthew I. Kreeger, Frederick S. Chung, San Francisco, and Melissa L. Basch, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Paul D. Gifford and Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorneys General, Allen R. Crown and Stan M. Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorneys General, David M. Verhey and Enid Camps, Deputy Attorneys General, for Defendants and Appellants.


SCOTLAND, P.J.

Eight women who have been sentenced to death in state criminal proceedings (hereafter plaintiffs) challenge the implementation of the DNA and Forensic Identification Data Base and Data Bank Act of 1998 (hereafter the Act). (Pen.Code, § 295 et seq.; further section references are to this code unless otherwise specified.) Among other things, the Act states that any person who is convicted of a specified...

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