State of Maine v. Lyanne Lemeunier-Fitzgerald
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
1Opinion of the Court
Dissent: JABAR, J.
Dissent: HJELM, J.
SAUFLEY, C.J.
[¶ 1] This appeal requires us to determine whether evidence obtained from a warrantless blood-alcohol test, taken upon probable cause to believe that a driver's ability to operate a motor vehicle was impaired by intoxicants, falls within the consent exception to the warrant requirement if the suspect agrees to the blood draw following the standard explanation of the implied consent warnings. In this evolving area of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, we conclude that the operator consented to the blood test, and we affirm the denial of the motion…
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