PEOPLE v. BUZA

No. A125542.

197 Cal.App.4th 1424 (2011)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARK BUZA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

August 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice Wellborn , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Joyce Blair , Stan Helfman and Enid A. Camps , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Fulbright & Jarowski, Tillman James Breckenridge and Jonathan S. Franklin for DNA Saves as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KLINE, P. J.

The sole issue in this case is the constitutionality of a provision of the DNA and Forensic Identification Database and Data Bank Act of 1998, as amended (Pen. Code, § 295 et seq.) (the DNA Act),1 which requires that a DNA sample be taken from all adults arrested for or charged with any felony offense "immediately following arrest...

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