KING v. STATE

No. 68, September Term, 2011.

42 A.3d 549 (2012)

425 Md. 550

Alonzo Jay KING, Jr. v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied May 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Celia Anderson Davis , Assistant Public Defender ( Paul B. DeWolfe , Public Defender, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellant.

Robert Taylor, Jr. , Asst. Atty. Gen. ( Douglas F. Gansler , Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD), on brief, for Appellee.

Sandra K. Levick , Tara Mikkilineni , David A. Taylor , Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, David Rocah , ACLU of Maryland Foundation, Baltimore, MD, for Amici Curiae brief of the Public Defender Service for District of Columbia and American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland in Support of Appellant, Alonzo J. King, Jr., urging reversal.

Argued before BELL, C.J., HARRELL, GREENE, ADKINS, BARBERA, ALAN M. WILNER, (Retired, Specially Assigned), and DALE R. CATHELL, (Retired, Specially Assigned), JJ.


HARRELL, J.

We consider here facial and as-applied constitutional challenges to that portion of the Maryland DNA Collection Act (the "Act") that purports to authorize State and local law enforcement authorities to collect DNA1 samples from individuals who are arrested for a crime of violence,2 an attempted crime of violence, a burglary, or an attempted burglary. Maryland Code (2003, 2011 Repl.Vol.), Pub. Safety...

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