Vol. 34 No. 27 WHEN A DRIVER IS UNCONSCIOUS, AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE GIVEN A BREATH TEST, THE EXIGENT-CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPTION WILL USUALLY PERMIT A BLOOD TEST WITHOUT A WARRANT
In a plurality opinion, the United States Supreme Court recently held, in the opinion entitled Mitchell v. Wisconsin[1], that the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment will usually permit a blood draw from an unconscious drunk-driver suspect to secure blood alcohol content evidence. Background In May 2013, Sheboygan Police Department […]