C.A. 4th;
D070711

The Fourth Appellate District affirmed a trial court order. The court held that the reduction of a conviction from a felony to a misdemeanor did not entitle the offender to have his or her DNA sample expunged from the state database.

In December 2013, Taleia Harris pleaded guilty to felony grand theft from a person. In November 2014, the voters enacted Proposition 47, which reduced certain crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. Harris thereafter successfully petitioned to have her felony conviction reduced to a misdemeanor, but the court denied her motion to expunge the DNA sample that was taken when she was booked on her felony charge.

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