---
kind: "section"
citation: "28 C.F.R. § 28.24"
title: "28"
number: "28.24"
heading: "Exceptions based on the results of judicial proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/28/28.24"
---

# §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)](/cfr/28/3600A.md?p=c-1) exempts situations in which a court has denied a motion for DNA testing under [18 U.S.C. 3600](/usc/18/3600.md) and no appeal is pending.
- (b) **Inclusion of defendant as source.** [Section 3600A(c)(5)](/cfr/28/3600A.md?p=c-5) exempts situations in which there has been DNA testing under [18 U.S.C. 3600](/usc/18/3600.md) and the results included the defendant as the source of the evidence.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Order No. 2762-2005, 70 FR 21957, Apr. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: Order No. 2699-2003, 68 FR 74858, Dec. 29, 2003, unless otherwise noted.