Wagner's DNA Claims Dismissed

The Advocate reports that US District Judge Frank Polozola has adopted the recommendation of US Magistrate Stephen Riedlinger and dismissed a lawsuit filed by Floyd Wagster, Jr. that alleged the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office illegally coerced him into providing a DNA sample during the hunt for Baton Rouge's serial killer. The suit was dismissed because it was filed a year and five days after Wagster provided the DNA sample--five days too late. Jill Craft, an attorney for Wagster, unsuccessfully argued that the search wasn't complete until the DNA was actually tested.

Posted by AJR at August 17, 2004 08:02 AM