State v. Taylor

On May 9,1981, a highway patrol officer was summoned to the scene of an accident in Brown County. Prior to going to the scene of the accident the officer went to the Brown County General Hospital where he observed the appellant in an unconscious condition.

The officer talked to two witnesses at the hospital who told him that the appellant had been drinking and had had an accident on a friend’s motorcycle. The officer noted an odor of alcohol emanating from the appellant’s unconscious body.

The officer asked that blood be withdrawn from the unconscious appellant for a blood test to determine the…