This Honorable Court Grants Search Warrant to obtain buccal saliva samples for DNA Fingerprint Analysis and comparison solely to recovered evidence in This Instant Case to extent that People are ordered to strike entire clause containing "necessary and reasonable force".

This Honorable Court Grants Protective Order to Restrain Local DNA Index System (LDIS) — New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) from comparing defendant's DNA Fingerprint to any other unrelated recovered crime scene investigation.

This Honorable Court Orders OCME to store sample, analysis, and DNA Fingerprint until disposition of the instant case. Where defendant exonerated or acquitted, defendant's sample, testing data, analysis and any and all instrumentalities attendant thereto are to be destroyed, and DNA Fingerprint in OCME LDIS be expunged within jurisdiction of this Court.

INTRODUCTION

People move for a warrant to search defendant and seize buccal saliva samples for DNA Fingerprinting and comparison to recovered crime scene samples in this instant case, and to compare and match to other unrelated pending investigations. Defense counter-moved for a protective order limiting the use of any obtained sample for comparison solely in the instant case [*2]and to oppose order for seizure of saliva sample.



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