State of Connecticut v. Roosevelt Drakes.

Summary

The court affirmed the Appellate Court's judgment upholding both the trial court's authority to permit reasonable physical force to obtain the defendant's DNA sample and the defendant's conviction for refusing to provide one. It concluded that the DNA-sampling statute inherently authorized reasonable force before the legislature expressly amended it to say so, and that the statute was regulatory rather than punitive. The court further held that the refusal prosecution did not violate due process or double jeopardy because the DNA requirement was not punishment and the refusal was conduct distinct from the defendant's earlier crimes.