Citation

AIDS Policy Law 1998; 13(1): 14.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Buraff Publications)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11364957

Abstract

The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court ruling requiring a convicted kidnapper who sexually assaulted his victim to undergo HIV testing. The 1994 amendments to the Federal Violence Against Women Act empower Federal courts to order criminal defendants charged with sex offenses to be tested for HIV. The defendant, David Ward, argued that the judge did not have inherent authority to order an HIV test. Ward pleaded guilty to kidnapping and repeatedly raping a woman over a three-day period.

Language: en