The People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. Paul Eugene Robinson, Defe — Moreno, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting…

Summary

The separate opinion would have held that filing an arrest warrant identifying an unknown suspect only by a DNA profile did not commence prosecution or satisfy the statute of limitations. It reasons that the warrant authorized no arrest, did not identify or describe a person with sufficient particularity, and was amended to name the defendant only after the limitations period expired. The opinion warns that the contrary rule creates a broad means of circumventing the Legislature's carefully limited treatment of DNA-based extensions.