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2 verbatim requirements from 4.004 04-1 -Required DNA Testing for Offenders Convicted of Certain Felonies.
Sixteenth Judicial Circuit (Monroe). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
• For purposes of § 923.325 and this order, (a) An approved biological specimen is (1) A blood sample that shall consist of two specimens of whole blood, each at least 7 cc in volume, or (2) Epithelial cells collected from the cheek in the oral cavity utilizing an FDLE-approved swab collection kit. (b) “Conviction” includes a finding of guilty, or entry of a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, regardless of adjudication or, in the case of a juvenile, the finding 2 - of delinquency. (c) The appropriate agency to cause the specimens to be drawn or collected is (1) The Department of Corrections for a person sentenced to serve a term of incarceration. The specimens should be obtained and transmitted as soon as the receipt of a person by a custodial facility. (2) The Sheriff of officer in charge of the county correctional facility for a convicted person that is placed on probation, community control, or any other form of supervised relief, or that is committed to a county correctional facility. The specimens should be obtained as soon as practical after the judgment of conviction or, if already convicted, the post-conviction collection order is entered. • In the event a trial judge inadvertently fails to order the collections of specimens in any qualifying case, this Administrative Order shall be deemed incorporated into the judgment or order. The responsibility for causing the specimens to be timely collected and transmitted shall remain with the designated agency, the Department of Corrections or the Sheriff.
For purposes of § 923.325 and this order, (a) An approved biological specimen is (1) A blood sample that shall consist of two specimens of whole blood, each at least 7 cc in volume, or (2) Epithelial cells collected from the cheek in the oral cavity utilizing an FDLE-approved swab collection kit. (b) “Conviction” includes a finding of guilty, or entry of a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, regardless of adjudication or, in the case of a juvenile, the finding 2 - of delinquency. (c) The appropriate agency to cause the specimens to be drawn or collected is (1) The Department of Corrections for a person sentenced to serve a term of incarceration. The specimens should be obtained and transmitted as soon as the receipt of a person by a custodial facility. (2) The Sheriff of officer in charge of the county correctional facility for a convicted person that is placed on probation, community con
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9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.