People v. Reynolds

Crew III, J.P.

Appeal from an order of the County Court of Essex County (Halloran, J.), entered October 17, 2002, which, inter alia, granted defendant’s motion to suppress defendant’s blood test results.

On January 21, 2002, defendant was involved in a head-on collision with a vehicle driven by Jack Shea in the Town of North Elba, Essex County. As a consequence, both defendant and Shea were transported to Adirondack Medical Center where Shea ultimately died. While at the hospital, defendant was placed under arrest for driving while intoxicated and was asked to consent to a blood test. Upon…