STATE v. MEDINA

No. 12-087, 12-103, 12-309, 12-101, 12-207, 12-102, 12-231.

102 A.3d 661 (2014)

2014 VT 69

STATE of Vermont v. Ronald MEDINA. State of Vermont v. Douglas J. Hewitt, Jr. State of Vermont v. Shane T. Goodrich. State of Vermont v. Ricardo Ramos. State of Vermont v. William Abernathy. State of Vermont v. Tyler J. Hartz. State of Vermont v. Jeffrey Gerrow, et al.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 11, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sorrell , Attorney General, and Bridget C. Asay and John Treadwell , Assistant Attorneys General, Montpelier, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Matthew F. Valerio , Defender General, and Joshua S. O'Hara , Appellate Defender, Montpelier, for Defendants-Appellants.

Present: REIBER, C.J., DOOLEY, SKOGLUND, BURGESS and ROBINSON, JJ.


¶ 1. Defendants in these consolidated cases challenge as unconstitutional a recent amendment to Vermont's DNA-database statute that, as of July 1, 2011, mandates warrantless, suspicionless DNA collection and analysis from anyone arraigned for a felony after a determination of probable cause. 20 V.S.A. § 1933(a)(2). All five...

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