State v. Ravotto

The majority concludes, ante at 252, 777 A.2d at 316, that “the police had probable cause to arrest defendant, and due to exigency, they were not required to obtain a search warrant authorizing the blood sample. Moreover, the police acted properly in transporting defendant to a hospital and seeking the blood test in a medically reasonable manner.” Yet, the majority decides that application of the “objectively reasonable” test nonetheless requires that the results of the blood test must be suppressed because excessive force was employed to obtain the blood samples. The majority’s basis for its…