State v. Martinez

Walker, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which Keasler, Hervey, Richardson, Keel, and Slaughter, JJ., joined.

After Appellee, Juan Martinez, Jr., was indicted for intoxication manslaughter, he filed a motion to suppress challenging the State's seizure and search of vials of his blood which were previously drawn at a hospital for medical purposes. The trial court granted the motion, and the court of appeals affirmed. Because, under the facts of this case, Appellee has a privacy interest in the private facts contained in his blood and because the State's acquisition and subsequent…