{"id":2125,"date":"2019-11-25T05:11:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T10:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2019-11-25T05:11:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T10:11:52","slug":"consent-in-warrantless-blood-draw-oui-arrest-defined-by-appeals-court-in-case-out-of-palmer-district-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/consent-in-warrantless-blood-draw-oui-arrest-defined-by-appeals-court-in-case-out-of-palmer-district-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Consent in warrantless blood draw OUI arrest defined by Appeals Court in case out of Palmer District Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Supreme Court of the United States decided three cases that require a new look at determining the standard for consent under the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.\u00a0In <em>Missouri v. McNeely<\/em>, the Court held that the taking and testing of a person&#8217;s blood could not be done without probable cause and a warrant unless there is some exception.\u00a0 The Court further held that a search incident to an arrest cannot justify a warrantless blood draw in the case of \u00a0<em>Birchfield v. North Dakota<\/em>.\u00a0 Finally, in <em>Mitchell v. Wisconsin<\/em>, a majority of the Court held that implied consent statutes do not give unfettered consent to a search to draw blood under the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Given these decisions, the Appeals Court of Massachusetts reexamined how these cases impacted the decision in <em>Commonwealth v. Dennis<\/em>.\u00a0 In this case, officers arrive at the scene of an accident and find the defendant behind the wheel.\u00a0 At the scene, the defendant admitted that he had been drinking, there were empty alcohol containers in the car, and the officer observed the smell of alcohol on the defendant.\u00a0 Because of his condition, officers transported him to a medical center.\u00a0 After that, they placed him under arrest.\u00a0 The officer attempted to get the defendant&#8217;s consent for a blood draw, but he was not medically cleared to give his consent.\u00a0 Two and one-half hours later, the officer read the defendant the rights and consent form. Of significance, the request is only for a &#8220;chemical test.&#8221; It does not &#8220;specify that the &#8220;chemical test&#8221; will be on blood, as opposed to breath, urine, or anything else\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first step in evaluating whether a defendant has consented to a blood draw when there is probable cause for his or her arrest is to determine if the blood draw requires a warrant or are there exigent circumstances that excuse the police from obtaining a warrant.\u00a0 Just because alcohol will dissipate from the blood the moment a person stops consuming alcohol does not automatically mean that there are exigent circumstances. \u00a0This was the ruling on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/2012\/11-1425\"><em>Missouri v. 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