{"id":64616,"date":"2026-08-08T16:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64616"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T21:08:20","slug":"nc-defs-bloody-shirt-seized-as-evidence-from-er-didnt-need-a-sw-to-test-for-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64616","title":{"rendered":"NC: Def&#8217;s bloody shirt seized as evidence from ER didn&#8217;t need a SW to test for DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Defendant was a suspect in a shooting incident. At the ER, his bloody shirt was collected as evidence. A separate search warrant wasn\u2019t required to test the DNA on it. State v. Howze, 2026 N.C. App. LEXIS 652 (Aug. 5, 2026).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defense counsel wasn\u2019t ineffective for not objecting during voir dire to mention of informant recorded statements of the accused because there was no basis to exclude them. United States v. Hossain, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175221 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 6, 2026).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether the first search warrant was valid is a moot point because nothing from it is being used in the case. [It was suspect, but moot.] The second search of defendant\u2019s store for counterfeit goods was by consent. United States v. Vasquez-Yax, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175645 (W.D.N.C. June 17, 2026),* adopted, 2026 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174947 (W.D. N.C. Aug. 6, 2026).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defendant was a suspect in a shooting incident. At the ER, his bloody shirt was collected as evidence. A separate search warrant wasn\u2019t required to test the DNA on it. State v. Howze, 2026 N.C. App. LEXIS 652 (Aug. 5, &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=64616\">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":[24,57,44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consent","category-dna","category-informant-hearsay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64616","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=64616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64617,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64616\/revisions\/64617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}