In RE C.B., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. the People, Plaintiff and Respondent v. C.B., Defendant…

Summary

The court held that Proposition 47's reclassification of certain juvenile offenses from felonies to misdemeanors does not entitle juveniles whose DNA samples were lawfully collected while their conduct was felonious to expungement from the state DNA databank. The statutory expungement grounds remain limited to specified circumstances such as dismissal, acquittal, reversal, or factual innocence, none of which applied here. The court also rejected an equal protection challenge because retaining samples from persons who submitted them before reclassification has a rational basis. The court affirmed the judgments of the Courts of Appeal.