Commonwealth v. Bell, T., Aplt.

JUSTICE WECHT, Dissenting

In Missouri v. McNeely , 569 U.S. 141, 133 S.Ct. 1552, 185 L.Ed.2d 696 (2013), and Birchfield v. North Dakota , --- U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 2160, 195 L.Ed.2d 560 (2016), the Supreme Court of the United States altered the Fourth Amendment paradigm in DUI investigations. The conclusions that the Court reached, particularly in Birchfield , have a substantial ripple effect upon numerous other questions of constitutional dimension.

*778Although Birchfield answers quite clearly the question upon which the Court granted certiorari , the Court's discussion regarding the concept of…