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STATE v. MARTIN

Nos. 06-119, 06-205.

955 A.2d 1144 (2008)

2008 VT 53

STATE of Vermont v. George Dean MARTIN State of Vermont v. Mark Watkins, Richard Washington, Joey Thibault, Raymond St. Peter, Steven Martin, Michael Lewis, Travis Lamberton, Dennis Barbour and Joseph Williams.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

May 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sorrell, Attorney General, and John R. Treadwell, Assistant Attorney General, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellee (06-119) and Plaintiff-Appellant (06-205).

Rory Malone, Prisoners' Rights Office, Montpelier, for Defendant-Appellant (06-119), and Defendants-Appellees. (06-205).

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, JOHNSON and BURGESS, JJ., and DEVINE, D.J., Specially Assigned.

¶ 1. REIBER, C.J.

These consolidated appeals from the Addison and Chittenden District Courts present the question of whether the State may, in keeping with Chapter I, Article 11 of the Vermont Constitution, require convicted nonviolent felons to provide DNA samples for inclusion in state and federal DNA databases under the terms of 20 V.S.A. §§ 1931-1946. We conclude that it may. Accordingly, we affirm the...

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