{"id":2149,"date":"2020-01-06T05:47:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T10:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2149"},"modified":"2020-01-04T12:58:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T17:58:16","slug":"can-refusal-evidence-of-a-blood-test-be-evidence-of-guilt-in-a-dui-case-under-the-united-states-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/can-refusal-evidence-of-a-blood-test-be-evidence-of-guilt-in-a-dui-case-under-the-united-states-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Can refusal evidence of a blood test be evidence of guilt in a DUI case under the United States Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On November 14, 2019, Thomas Bell, a motorist convicted of DUI, filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/19\/19-622\/122507\/20191114190036011_No.__PetitionForAWritOfCertiorari.pdf\">Petition for a Writ of Certiorari <\/a>with the Supreme Court seeking review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/pennsylvania\/supreme-court\/2019\/11-map-2018.html\">Pennsylvania Supreme Court\u2019s decision <\/a>that warrantless blood test refusals may be used as evidence of guilt in DUI cases under the State\u2019s implied consent law. \u00a0The case being reviewed by the United States Supreme Court is Bell v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. \u00a0In Massachusetts, the SJC has ruled that refusal evidence violates a defendant&#8217;s privilege against self incrimination under Article 12 of the Massachusetts State Constitutional.<\/p>\n<p>Bell\u2019s Petition\u00a0 asks the Supreme Court to address the following question:<\/p>\n<p>Whether a motorist\u2019s assertion of his Fourth Amendment right to refuse consent to a warrantless blood test may be used as evidence of guilt for the offense of driving under the influence?<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/can-refusal-evidence-of-a-blood-test-be-evidence-of-guilt-in-a-dui-case-under-the-united-states-constitution\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can refusal evidence of a blood test be evidence of guilt in a DUI case under the United States Constitution\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 14, 2019, Thomas Bell, a motorist convicted of DUI, filed a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court seeking review of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court\u2019s decision that warrantless blood test refusals may be used as evidence of guilt in DUI cases under the State\u2019s implied consent law. \u00a0The case being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-united-states-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can refusal evidence of a blood test be evidence of guilt in a DUI case under the United States Constitution &#8212; 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