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28 CFR § 28.24 - Exceptions based on the results of judicial proceedings.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t28/s28.24"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "28 CFR § 28.24 - Exceptions based on the results of judicial proceedings."
title_number: 28
title_name: "Judicial Administration"
section_number: "28.24"
section_name: "Exceptions based on the results of judicial proceedings."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE"
part_number: "28"
part_name: "DNA IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "28 U.S.C. 509, 510; 34 U.S.C. 12592, 40702, 40703; 10 U.S.C. 1565; 18 U.S.C. 3600A; Public Law 106-546, 114 Stat. 2726; Public Law 107-56, 115 Stat. 272; Public Law 108-405, 118 Stat. 2260; Public Law 109-162, 119 Stat. 2960; Public Law 109-248, 120 Stat. 587; Public Law 115-50, 131 Stat. 1001."
regulatory_source: "Order No. 2699-2003, 68 FR 74858, Dec. 29, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 28.24 Exceptions based on the results of judicial proceedings.

Subsection (c) of section 3600A makes the biological evidence preservation requirement inapplicable in two circumstances relating to the results of judicial proceedings:

(a) *Judicial denial of DNA testing.* Section 3600A(c)(1) exempts situations in which a court has denied a motion for DNA testing under 18 U.S.C. 3600 and no appeal is pending.

(b) *Inclusion of defendant as source.* Section 3600A(c)(5) exempts situations in which there has been DNA testing under 18 U.S.C. 3600 and the results included the defendant as the source of the evidence.