Ex Parte Radford

This petition for the writ of certiorari follows an appeal by the State from a ruling by the Circuit Court of Mobile County granting Radford's motion to suppress the results of a urine drug screen test performed by Springhill Memorial Hospital.

On March 25, 1986, Richard Scott Radford allegedly drove into a crowd, striking two pedestrians and causing their deaths. He was indicted and charged with driving his automobile into a group of pedestrians while under the influence of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.

Radford was taken after the accident to Springhill Memorial Hospital, where he…