Cole v. State

OPINION

in which Keller, P.J., and Meyers, Hervey, Alcala, Richardson, and Newell, JJ., joined.

At Steven Cole’s intoxication-manslaughter trial, the judge overruled Cole’s, motion to suppress evidence obtained by a warrantless blood draw. Holding that the record did not establish exigent circumstances, the court of appeals reversed the trial court’s judgment. We conclude that the record established circumstances rendering obtaining a warrant impractical and that the warrantless search is justified under the exigency exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. We accordingly…