State v. Mike

In this pretrial appeal, the state challenges the district court's order suppressing blood-test results and dismissing driving-while-impaired (DWI) charges. The order was based on the state's failures to provide respondent-driver an opportunity to consult with an attorney before submitting to testing pursuant to a search warrant and to advise respondent-driver that refusal to submit to a blood test is a crime. The district court also reasoned that suppression was required on due-process grounds. Because respondent-driver did not have a right to consult with an attorney, the state's failure to…