Park v. State

OPINION

DRAUGHN, Justice.

Injured in an automobile accident, appellant Andrew Young Park was being treated at Spring Branch Memorial Hospital when a police officer requested his permission to take a blood sample. The Harris County medical examiner’s office analyzed the sample and found an alcohol concentration of .18; appellant was charged with driving while intoxicated. The trial court denied appellant’s motion to suppress evidence of the blood test although the hospital where the test was taken was not periodically inspected by Harris County, as required by statute at the time of the…