{"id":2843,"date":"2022-02-01T05:52:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2843"},"modified":"2022-01-31T14:53:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T19:53:33","slug":"can-the-police-test-your-blood-without-your-consent-the-massachusetts-appellate-court-may-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/can-the-police-test-your-blood-without-your-consent-the-massachusetts-appellate-court-may-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Police Test Your Blood Without Your Consent in Massachusetts, SJC will decide in Moreau case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Can the Police Test Your Blood Without Your Consent? The Massachusetts Appellate Court May Decide. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The Massachusetts statutes state that when a chemical \u201ctest or analysis\u201d of a defendant\u2019s blood-alcohol content is made by or at the direction of police, it is admissible in court only if the defendant consents. In the case of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ma-appellatecourts.org\/pdf\/SJC-13168\/SJC-13168_01_Appellant_Moreau_Brief.pdf\">Commonwealth v. Eric Moreau<\/a>, <\/em>the police obtained a warrant to seize blood drawn from the defendant by hospital personnel and then tested it in the State Police Crime Lab without the defendant\u2019s consent. This case is pending before the Massachusetts Appellate Court and asks whether the result of the test is admissible in the prosecution of the defendant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened in the <em>Moreau <\/em>case? <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/can-the-police-test-your-blood-without-your-consent-the-massachusetts-appellate-court-may-decide\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Can the Police Test Your Blood Without Your Consent in Massachusetts, SJC will decide in Moreau case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the Police Test Your Blood Without Your Consent? The Massachusetts Appellate Court May Decide. \u00a0The Massachusetts statutes state that when a chemical \u201ctest or analysis\u201d of a defendant\u2019s blood-alcohol content is made by or at the direction of police, it is admissible in court only if the defendant consents. In the case of Commonwealth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-offense-oui"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Can the Police Test Your Blood Without Your Consent in Massachusetts, SJC will decide in Moreau case &#8212; Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; February 1, 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can the Police Test Your Blood Without Your Consent? 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