Commonwealth, Department of Public Safety v. Hayden

I dissented in Commonwealth, Department of Public Safety v. Craig, Ky., 471 S.W.2d 15, because I believed then, and still believe, the law requiring a blood-alcohol test violates both the Kentucky and Federal Constitutions. The large number of appeals coming to this court subsequent to that opinion has convinced me that I was right. The public highly resent this procedure. I am convinced their resistance springs from a resentment to the degrading process of having a police officer require them to undergo the embarrassment of having their blood drained and analyzed as if they were common…