Supreme Court Upholds Collection of DNA Exemplar for Adult Convicted of Gross Misdemeanor Arising out of Felony-Charged Conduct

State v. Johnson, Jr., Minn.S.Ct., 1/25/2012.  This is the companion case, for grown-ups, to the juvenile case, In the Matter of the Welfare of:  M.L.M., on the collection of DNA from a defendant originally charged with a felony but who pleads down to a misdemeanor.  The court of appeals had upheld this practice.  See here.  The supreme court upholds this practice as well in a cut and paste opinion from the juvenile opinion.