Golden Gate University Law Review
Article Title
Dangerous Balance: The Ninth Circuit's Validation of Expansive DNA Testing of Federal Parolees
Abstract
Part I provides a background of federal DNA testing legislation, the Fourth Amendment implications of DNA testing and two DNA testing cases leading up to the U.S. v. Kincade decision. Part II analyzes the plurality and dissenting opinions of the U.S. v. Kincade decision. Part III argues that the plurality's balancing test has a potential for inappropriate application. Finally, Part IV concludes that the Kincade balancing test should be narrowly applied as precedent after a meaningful balancing of interests, and not as a facade for ever-expanding government interests.
Recommended Citation
Claire S. Hulse,
Dangerous Balance: The Ninth Circuit's Validation of Expansive DNA Testing of Federal Parolees, 35 Golden Gate U. L. Rev.
(2005).
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/ggulrev/vol35/iss1/4