State of Minnesota, Respondent v. Nicholas E. Bartylla, Appellant

Summary

The court affirmed Bartylla's first-degree murder conviction and life sentence. It held that the warrantless, suspicionless collection of DNA from a convicted felon for inclusion in a state DNA database was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment and Minnesota Constitution, that use of the product rule to state the probability of a match in the general population required no Frye-Mack hearing, and that evidence of Bartylla's prior burglary was properly admitted to prove identity and common plan or scheme. The court also deemed Bartylla's unsupported pro se claims waived.