The Buffalo News Reports:
LOCKPORT — It is legally permissible for police to zap a suspect with a Taser to obtain a DNA sample, as long as it’s not done “maliciously, or to an excessive extent, or with resulting injury,” a county judge has ruled in the first case of its kind in New York State, and possibly the nation.
Read the full text of this decision here.
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Hat Tip to Simple Justice, A New York Criminal Defense Blog.
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