{"id":62797,"date":"2026-01-14T12:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62797"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:42:51","slug":"va-refusal-to-comply-with-dna-warrant-for-12-days-was-relevant-evidence-under-403","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62797","title":{"rendered":"VA: Refusal to comply with DNA warrant for 12 days was relevant evidence under 403"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defendant\u2019s simple [nonaggressive] refusal to comply with a search warrant for his DNA for 12 days was admissible at trial. [There\u2019s also a prior discussion that suggests harmless error.] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vacourts.gov\/static\/opinions\/opncavwp\/0547244.pdf\">Lee v. Commonwealth<\/a>, 2026 Va. App. LEXIS 32 (Jan. 13, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant didn\u2019t preserve the probable cause for his arrest, but there was anyway. Lack of a carry license isn\u2019t an element of the crime that the state has to disprove under Bruen, which was decided way later. People v. Rodriguez, 2026 NY Slip Op 00100 (1st Dept. Jan. 13, 2026)* (the conviction was March 19, 2019, nearly seven years ago).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district court properly concluded that the video of the stop undermined plaintiff\u2019s claims. Gilliam v. Fields, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 805 (11th Cir. Jan. 13, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant\u2019s simple [nonaggressive] refusal to comply with a search warrant for his DNA for 12 days was admissible at trial. [There\u2019s also a prior discussion that suggests harmless error.] Lee v. Commonwealth, 2026 Va. App. LEXIS 32 (Jan. 13, 2026). &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=62797\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124,114,129],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-admissibility-of-evidence","category-privileges","category-waiver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62797"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62803,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62797\/revisions\/62803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}