Legal Opinion
Benjamin Claude Comperry v. State
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided July 10, 2012No. 14-11-00616-CRPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JEFFREY V. BROWN, Justice.
Appellant Benjamin Claude Comperry pleaded “guilty” to misdemeanor driving while intoxicated after the trial court denied his motion to suppress the results of a chemical analysis of his blood taken involuntarily. On appeal, Comperry contends the trial court abused its discretion in denying the motion to suppress by applying the wrong standard to determine whether Transportation Code section 724.012(b)(3) justified a warrantless search for his blood. We affirm.
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In December 2010, Officer Bennie Boles of the La Porte Police Department arrested Comperry for DWI…
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