Tag: justice sonia sotomayor
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Colorado Supreme Court rules DUI suspects may revoke consent to blood test, requiring warrant
Suspected drunk drivers do have the ability to revoke their consent to a blood or breath test, meaning police will generally need to get a warrant to measure intoxication levels, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not explicitly held that states cannot legislate consent for warrantless blood draws…
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Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw
The Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures means law enforcement must obtain a warrant or else rely on a specific exception to the warrant requirement, like the consent of the person being searched, to investigate a crime. But can Colorado law provide blanket consent for police to draw the blood of alleged drunk…