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a judge just ruled to get a dna sample from the man suspected in the killings. officials say this next step is extremely important to the prosecutor s case. jean casarez has been following this case. reporter: this is significant. we just got the ruling. it came down minutes ago. what the judge is ordering, a lowing the prosecution to take a buccal swap from rex heuermann. the standard here is probable cause. under new york law, even after somebody is arrested, you can t get the buccal swab, you have to go to the judge, but the standard is probable cause. the judge goes through several
you are lookingt the suffolk county d.a., and even though they are not making a connection here, and talking about the power of genetics, and asking for a dna swab. what is fascinating there, they got the pizza crust there and they got the dna which connected him to the three charges which is how they made the arrest. now they want an actual buccal swab from him, and it appears from the new york law, they can t just go in to get it. and there is a motion to allow for that, and look at that compared to kohberger in idaho, they did that buccal swab immediately after they arrested him, and every state is different. so we will see if the state fights it with the buccal swab, but they want the defendant himself to use it for comparison on possibly many of the items in the home, and pertaining to the victims. jean, one of the questions, and open for the novices, and
victims, and it is all intertwined, and important for the other prosecutors see that buccal swab. we will have much more on this as cnn news central continues. so much that i have not thought of. and so now, attorneys for donald trump will be in a washington, d.c., courtroom when a judge is expected to set a trial date. the hearing is coming five days after the first republican presidential primary debate which we should note at this point, we don t expect donald trump to show up for that anyway. and cnn s evan perez is joining us now, and this is about timing going forward, evan. absolutely, john. timing is important, because he is doing everything that he can to push it beyond the timing of the court, and they are the opposite wanting to get it done