In re F.P. CA4/3
The juvenile court found that F.P. (defendant), then 16 years old, had possessed methamphetamine, a felony. Pursuant to Penal Code section 1170.18, the court later redesignated defendant’s felony to a misdemeanor, but denied defendant’s request that his DNA samples be expunged from the state’s DNA database. (All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.) Defendant, now 20 years old, appeals; we affirm.
Section 299, subdivision (f) specifically provides that, notwithstanding section 1170.18, a court shall not expunge DNA samples that were originally required to be given by a defendant. We conclude this statute means what it says, and agree with the other courts that have reached the same conclusion.
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