Opinion ID: 1057956
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: DNA Collection as Search

Text: The State contends that the collection of Scarborough's blood for DNA analysis and identification purposes does not constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [7] We disagree. The United States Supreme Court recognized in Skinner v. Ry. Labor Executives' Assn. that the physical intrusion occasioned by a blood draw infringes an expectation of privacy. 489 U.S. 602, 616, 109 S.Ct. 1402, 103 L.Ed.2d 639 (1989); see also State v. Blackwood, 713 S.W.2d 677, 679 (Tenn.Crim.App.1986) (recognizing that the withdrawal of blood for testing is subject to the constraints of the Fourth Amendment). Moreover, [t]he ensuing chemical analysis of the sample to obtain physiological data is a further invasion of the tested [individual's] privacy interests. Skinner, 489 U.S. at 616, 109 S.Ct. 1402. Scarborough's blood draw and its subsequent analysis are both subject to the constitutional limitations imposed by the Fourth Amendment.