State v. Curran

Patrick M. Curran appeals his convictions on two counts of vehicular homicide.1 Curran raises numerous issues regarding the blood test mandated by RCW 46.20-.308(3) when a driver is suspected of committing vehicular homicide while under the influence of or affected by intoxicating alcohol or drugs. These include: (1) whether the blood draw taken by medical personnel for medical purposes precluded a second blood draw pursuant to RCW 46.20.308(3); (2) whether blood alcohol evidence was admissible to prove vehicular homicide at the time of Curran's arrest; (3) whether the State met its burden of…