NY Post
August 23, 2015
The ex-con charged with murdering a Bronx homeless shelter director will have to submit a DNA swab to investigators, the judge ruled Thursday in Bronx Supreme Court.
West Spruill’s attorney, Patrick Joyce, said outside the courtroom that he objected to the DNA directive by the judge.
“I oppose it on the grounds that it would constitute an unconstitutional invasion of the defendant’s body without probable cause or a clear indication that material relevant evidence will be found,” Joyce’s written statement read.
Spruill, 39, who is jailed at the Manhattan Detention Center, appeared via video conference and loudly interrupted the hearing to ask what was going on.