On November 1, 2012 the Supreme Court of Ohio handed down a merit decision in State v. Emerson, 2012-Ohio-5047. The case was argued January 18, 2012. In a unanimous opinion written by Justice Cupp, the Court held that “a person has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his or her DNA profile extracted from a
DNA Profile
What’s On Their Minds: Re-Using the DNA Profile of a Previously Acquitted Defendant. State v. Emerson.
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Update: On November 1, 2012, the Supreme Court handed down a merit decision in this case. Read the analysis here.
On January 18, 2012, the Supreme Court of Ohio heard oral argument in the case of State v. Emerson, 2011-0486. The issues in the case are whether the state violated the defendant’s privacy rights…