Legal Opinion

State v. Laura Ann Swan

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided January 21, 2016No. 02-14-00416-CRPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TERRIE LIVINGSTON, CHIEF JUSTICE • ‘

The State of Texas appeals the trial court’s order granting appellee Laura Ann Swan’s motion to suppress the results of a blood test for alcohol. In three points, the State contends' that the warrantless, non-consensual blood draw of appellee that the police conducted under the mandatory language of a Texas statute was not unconstitutional and that even if the blood draw was unconstitutional, evidence related to it should not be suppressed, because a police officer believed that he was acting constitutionally under the statute. We affirm the trial…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Guzman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1997
  2. Amador v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007
  3. Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  4. Missouri v. McNeelySupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. Wiede v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2007

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jeremy Aaron Bonsignore v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 2016
  2. Brian Lee Green v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)2016
  3. Ex Parte: Stephen Matthew Polito, Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)2016

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