Legal Opinion

State v. Morales

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided September 17, 2015No. 20140407PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Edward Morales appeals from a judgment entered upon a conditional guilty plea to causing death while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress the results of a war-rantless blood-alcohol test. Morales argues there was not sufficient evidence to support the district court’s decision that exigent circumstances permitted the war-rantless blood-alcohol test and N.D.C.C. §§ 39-20-01 and 39-20-03 are unconstitutional. We conclude the warrantless blood-alcohol test was ■ authorized under the exigent…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Missouri v. McNeelySupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  3. State v. DeCoteauNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1999
  4. State v. GlaesmanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  5. State v. BirchfieldNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2015

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Milks v. Iowa Oto-Head & Neck Specialists, P.C.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1994
  2. Bailey v. the StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
  3. State v. ChatmanNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Morales v. StateNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2019
  5. State v. GardnerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2019

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