Hospitalization of DWI Suspect Does Not Create Per Se Exigency Justifying Warrantless Blood Draw

Published for NC Criminal Law on November 06, 2014.

The Chatham County sheriff’s deputy who arrested Ronald McCrary in Siler City for impaired driving at 7:34 p.m. on December 28, 2010 decided that if McCrary was taken to the hospital, he would obtain a sample of his blood without a warrant. McCrary was in fact taken to a nearby hospital—at his insistence—where he refused ... Read more

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