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Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 20, § 1940 (2026)

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Subchapter 004 : STATE DNA DATABASE AND STATE DATA BANK

(Cite as: 20 V.S.A. § 1940)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2007–2021 · leading case: State v. Medina, 2014 VT 69 (Vt. 2014).
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State v. Medina, 2014 VT 69 (Vt. 2014). · cites it 2× “20 V.S.A. § 1940(a). As the Minnesota Court of Appeals held in Welfare of C.”
State v. Wigg, 2007 VT 48 (Vt. 2007). “20 V.S.A. § 1940(a) (Cum. Supp. 2006). By including that provision, the Legislature indicated that it did not intend to allow defendants to refuse to submit DNA samples until every possible avenue of appeal, pardon, or post-conviction relief is exhausted.”
State v. Joseph Leland Bruyette, 2021 VT 43 (Vt. 2021). “We explained that the sampling-compulsion hearing is “not a forum for defendants to collaterally attack their convictions,” and, if the defendant’s conviction were later overturned or pardoned, he could seek to have his DNA information removed from the state database under 20…”
State v. Wigg, 2007 VT 48 (Vt. 2007). “20 V.S.A. § 1940(a) (Cum. Supp. 2006). By including that provision, the Legislature *641 indicated that it did not intend to allow defendants to refuse to submit DNA samples until every possible avenue of appeal, pardon, or post-conviction relief is exhausted.”
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 20, § 1940(a) — 3 cases
State v. Medina, 2014 VT 69 (Vt. 2014). “20 V.S.A. § 1940(a). As the Minnesota Court of Appeals held in Welfare of C.”
State v. Wigg, 2007 VT 48 (Vt. 2007). “20 V.S.A. § 1940(a) (Cum. Supp. 2006). By including that provision, the Legislature indicated that it did not intend to allow defendants to refuse to submit DNA samples until every possible avenue of appeal, pardon, or post-conviction relief is exhausted.”
State v. Wigg, 2007 VT 48 (Vt. 2007). “20 V.S.A. § 1940(a) (Cum. Supp. 2006). By including that provision, the Legislature *641 indicated that it did not intend to allow defendants to refuse to submit DNA samples until every possible avenue of appeal, pardon, or post-conviction relief is exhausted.”
— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 20, § 1940(a)(3) — 1 case
State v. Medina, 2014 VT 69 (Vt. 2014). “20 V.S.A. § 1940(a). As the Minnesota Court of Appeals held in Welfare of C.”
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