Implied Consent Laws Can’t Provide End-Run around McNeely

Published for NC Criminal Law on October 30, 2014.

The United States Supreme Court held in Missouri v. McNeely, 133 S. Ct. 1552 (2013), that the natural dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream does not constitute an exigency in every impaired driving case that justifies a warrantless, nonconsensual blood draw. In so holding, the court rejected the state’s call for a categorical rule—based solely ... Read more

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