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Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | Back issues
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Arrest warrants

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled an arrest warrant that describes a suspect’s general appearance and numerous mixed partial DNA profiles that may or may not include the suspect’s — without stating the “probability that a random person would match any of those profiles” — doesn’t fulfill the particularity requirement of the Fourth Amendment.

Read the opinion here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Civil Rights, Criminal

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