State of Arizona v. Hon. butler/tyler B.

OPINION

BALES, Vice Chief Justice.

¶ 1 Arizona’s implied consent statute, AR.S. § 28-1321, outlines how law enforcement officers can obtain consent to blood and breath tests from persons arrested for driving under the influence (“DUI”) and provides consequences for arrestees who refuse to submit to a test. Against this backdrop, we address whether the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution requires that a juvenile arrestee’s consent be voluntary to allow a warrantless blood draw. We hold that it does and that the juvenile court properly ruled that evidence of a blood draw was…