Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Venable

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 4, 2018No. 3581 EDA 2017PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY STRASSBURGER, J.:

David Hays Venable, Sr. (Appellant) appeals from the October 6, 2017 judgment of sentence of 30 days to six months of incarceration following his convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) and careless driving. Specifically, Appellant challenges the denial of his pre-trial suppression motion, which alleged that his warrantless blood draw was obtained in violation of Birchfield v. North Dakota , --- U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 2160 , 195 L.Ed.2d 560 (2016), 1 and the traffic stop was unlawful. We affirm.

On November 16, 2016, at approximately 1:30 a.m., Sergeant…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert BernardSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  3. Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  4. Commonwealth v. FeczkoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  5. Commonwealth v. EvansSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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3Cited by26 opinions

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  3. Com. v. Benvenisti-Zarom, L.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  4. Com. v. Boyce, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Callendar, N.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021

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