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I'm trying to understand the legal argument and how this is different from examples of latent fingerprints.
So I'm going now to, I'm sorry, the constitutionality of using the DNA that was allegedly on the knife sheath. And because I understand your argument is twofold. Your client complains that a search was done of databases of other people to determine whether or not any of them might be related to the person who left the DNA on the knife sheath. That's thing one.
Thing two is an objection to the law enforcement searching the dna by testing it and getting a profile from the knife sheath without a warrant my question goes to that latter point um understanding the basis for that because i can't find any case law that would support that idea that somehow a warrant would be need needed for dna left at a crime scene
But I have to follow what they say.
The Frank standard, which is even if you add that stuff, does that take away probable cause, counsel?