Williams v. State

William Williams appeals the denial of his dispositive motion to dismiss after being convicted under Florida’s “Refusal to Submit” statute.1 He argues that the statute, as applied to him, violates the Fourth Amendment — specifically, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Missouri v. McNeely, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 1552, 185 L.Ed.2d 696 (2013) — and the unconstitutional conditions doctrine. The issue presented, boiled down to its essence, is whether it is unconstitutional to punish a person criminally for refusing to submit to a breath-alcohol test when the officer conducting the test does not…