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Sosa v. State

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided June 16, 2000No. S-8840PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I, INTRODUCTION

In two specific cireumstances Alaska's implied consent statutes permit a driver's blood to be drawn for chemical testing for evidence of driving while intoxicated (DWI). Those cireamstances do not include unavailability of a breath testing device. 1 Because no functioning breath testing device was then available, a magistrate issued a search warrant permitting Juan Sosa's blood to be drawn after he was arrested for DWI. Can Sosa be charged with evidence tampering for defying the warrant, when neither exceptional circumstance specified by statute was…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Miller v. SearsAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Moreau v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
  3. United States v. Augustine FerroneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
  4. Elson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Pena v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Beeman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  2. David S. v. State, Department of Health & Social ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 2012
  3. D.J. v. P.C.Alaska Supreme Court · 2001
  4. State v. BlankAlaska Supreme Court · 2004
  5. Pagenkopf v. Chatham Electric, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 2007

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