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DNA testing
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: DNA Test Kit Horror Story
Victoria Hill, a 39-year-old licensed clinical social worker from suburban Connecticut, always felt different from her father in appearance and temperament. This curiosity led her to purchase a DNA testing…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: DNA Test Kit Horror Story
Victoria Hill, a 39-year-old licensed clinical social worker from suburban Connecticut, always felt different from her father in appearance and temperament. This curiosity led her to purchase a DNA testing…
Bill Madden's Blog
Medical: DNA testing for parentage.
By Bill Madden
D (Parentage: Local Authority Application) [2024] EWHC 305 (Fam) (Link to BAILII) This English decision arose in a child care orders context, but is of interest as the Local Authority asked…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
A Majority Opinion Becomes a Dissent Disguised as a Majority Opinion
Sometimes, after an opinion is drafted, members of a court change their minds. It may be that the draft highlights something a member of the majority finds sufficiently troubling that…
On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog
Analyzing DNA voluntarily abandoned in public is not a search under the United States or Iowa Constitution, according to the Iowa Supreme Court
By Ami Penquite
In a 5-2 decision, the Iowa Supreme Court held that police officers’ collection and testing of DNA on a drinking straw abandoned by a suspect in a restaurant did not…
Sentencing Law and Policy
In 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS rules for Texas capital defendant concerning statute of limitation for seeking DNA testing in § 1983 action
The Supreme Court handed down a notable criminal procedure ruling this morning in Reed v. Goertz, No. 21-422 (S. Ct. April 19, 2023) (available here). Justice Kavanaugh wrote the opinion…
Criminal
In 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS rules for Texas capital defendant concerning statute of limitation for seeking DNA testing in § 1983 action
The Supreme Court handed down a notable criminal procedure ruling this morning in Reed v. Goertz, No. 21-422 (S. Ct. April 19, 2023) (available here). Justice Kavanaugh wrote the opinion…
EvidenceProf Blog
Further DNA Testing is Approved in the Adnan Syed Case
By Colin Miller
Today, Judge Melissa M. Phinn granted the Joint Petition for Post Conviction DNA Testing in the Adnan Syed case. Here is the judge's order: So, let's break that down.First, the…
EvidenceProf Blog
Adnan Syed & the State File a Joint Petition for (Further) DNA Testing
By Colin Miller
On Tuesday, Adnan Syed and the State of Maryland filed a Joint Petition for Post Conviction DNA Testing. So, what does this mean?Prior DNA TestingOn March 29, 2018, the Court…
Knowledge Centre
Using DNA Test Evidence in Immigration Cases
Many immigration applications require proof of a family relationship. Although such relationships can often be proven through documentary evidence, there are some circumstances in which such evidence will not be…