WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from Colorado officials who want to make it easier for authorities to take blood samples from suspected drunk drivers without their permission or a warrant.
The justices on Monday let stand a state supreme court ruling that excluded evidence of a Colorado man’s blood test that showed his blood-alcohol level at the time of a traffic accident was nearly three times the legal limit.
Colorado had argued that police should be allowed to order blood samples when there is not enough time to get a warrant before blood alcohol levels decrease.
In 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that authorities must consider several factors and be able to justify why they did not obtain a warrant before drawing blood.
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Several states already have laws regarding this issue.
Simple solution: Change the drivers licensing laws to automatically find someone guilty of DUI - with a minimum 5 year prison time - if they refuse a BAT.
Simple, but probably unconstitutional.
Trust the Supremes to protect the civil liberties of the sociopath.
i know a man in CA who was found unconscious in his car pulled over on the side of the freeway.
He woke up in a cell with a bandage over his arm indicating that blood had been drawn while he was out.
Turns out he was not drunk, but over medicated with a new Rx he had taken that day for the 1st time.
That’s about all I know except that he did not do jail time. Don’t know if he was charged with anything.