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The Ninth Circuit today upheld Congress's expansion of DNA testing to persons convicted of any felony in United States v. Kriesel, No. 06-30110. The previous decision in Reynard upheld an earlier version of statute, which included a list of mostly violent felonies. The Supreme Court denied certiorari in Reynard on Monday, noted here. Today's decision is by Judge McKeown. Judge B. Fletcher dissents.

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