{"id":63984,"date":"2026-05-02T18:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63984"},"modified":"2026-05-02T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:03:22","slug":"d-d-c-alleged-illegal-arrest-doesnt-void-dna-sw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63984","title":{"rendered":"D.D.C.: Alleged illegal arrest doesn&#8217;t void DNA SW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defendant\u2019s allegedly unlawful arrest doesn\u2019t void the later search warrant for a DNA swab based on independent grounds, and not mentioning the alleged illegal arrest. <a href=\"https:\/\/ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov\/cgi-bin\/show_public_doc?2025cr0342-17\">United States v. Smith<\/a>, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96554 (D.D.C. May 1, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driving a moped on the sidewalk and not wearing a helmet was justification for defendant\u2019s stop, and a gun was legitimately found. United States v. Northover, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 95711 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 30, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s general motion to suppress is denied. It doesn\u2019t allege how any rights were violated or what was seized. People v. Louis, 2026 NYLJ LEXIS 734 (N.Y. Co. May 1, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An overly intrusive state ordered medical exam can violate clearly established law. Wright v. Talamantes, 2026 U.S. App. LEXIS 12696 (9th Cir. May 1, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant\u2019s allegedly unlawful arrest doesn\u2019t void the later search warrant for a DNA swab based on independent grounds, and not mentioning the alleged illegal arrest. United States v. Smith, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 96554 (D.D.C. May 1, 2026). Driving a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=63984\">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":[71,104,57,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-body-searches","category-burden-of-pleading","category-dna","category-reasonable-suspicion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63984","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=63984"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63985,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63984\/revisions\/63985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}