2013 Hawaii Revised Statutes
TITLE 38. PROCEDURAL AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS
844D. Forensic Identification
844D-84 When disclosure is not a violation.
§844D-84 When disclosure is not a violation. (a) It is not a violation of this chapter for a law enforcement agency, in its discretion, to publicly disclose the fact of a DNA profile match, or the name of the person identified by the DNA match when this match is the basis of law enforcement's investigation, arrest, or prosecution of a particular person, or the identification of a missing or abducted person.
(b) It is not a violation of this chapter to furnish DNA or other forensic identification information of the defendant to the person's defense counsel for criminal defense purposes in compliance with discovery.
(c) It is not a violation of this chapter for law enforcement to release DNA and other forensic identification information developed pursuant to this chapter to a jury or grand jury, or in a document filed with a court or administrative agency, or as part of a judicial or administrative proceeding, or for this information to become part of the public transcript or record of proceedings when, in the discretion of law enforcement, disclosure is necessary because the DNA information pertains to the basis for law enforcement's identification, arrest, investigation, prosecution, or exclusion of a particular person related to the case.
(d) It is not a violation of this chapter to include information obtained from a file in a transcript or record of a judicial proceeding, or in any other public record when the inclusion of the information in the public record is authorized by a court, statute, or decisional law.
(e) It is not a violation of this chapter for the department, or an organization retained as an agent of the department, or a local public laboratory to use anonymous records or criminal history information obtained pursuant to this chapter for training, research, statistical analysis of populations, or quality assurance or quality control. [L 2005, c 112, pt of §1]
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