Legal Opinion

Whitaker v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided July 17, 2014No. 2013-KA-00184-SCTPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLEMAN, Justice,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Frank Gideon Whitaker IV and Cynthia Ann Grantham were involved in a motor-vehicle accident in Warren County, Mississippi. The Warren County Circuit Court found Whitaker guilty of aggravated driving under the influence pursuant to Mississippi Code Section 63-11-30(5), sentenced him to twenty-five years and ordered Whitaker to pay Grantham $25,000. *335Whitaker raises two issues on appeal and, in both, contends a blood sample taken from Whitaker following the collision while he remained unconscious should not have been admitted into evidence.

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Arizona v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2008
  3. Whitehurst v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Gibson v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Deeds v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2009

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Joseph Ronald Hartfield v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Casey Mark Burgess v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  3. Casey Mark Burgess v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  4. Chancellor v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2015
  5. Duane John v. State of MississippiCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2015

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