Legal Opinion
State v. Baird
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 22, 2016No. 90419-7PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMadsen, C.J.
¶ 1 These consolidated cases require us to decide whether the State can offer a driver’s refusal to take a breath test under Washington’s implied consent statute, RCW 46.20.308,1 as evidence of guilt at a criminal trial after the Supreme Court’s decision in Missouri v. McNeely, 569 U.S. 141, 133 S. Ct. 1552, 185 L. Ed. 2d 696 (2013) (plurality opinion).
*213¶2 Washington’s implied consent statute facilitates law enforcement in obtaining evidence of blood alcohol content (BAC) for prosecution of driving under the influence (DUI) cases by authorizing an officer to request a breath sample from…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Missouri v. McNeelySupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- South Dakota v. NevilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert BernardSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- United States v. Saundra PrescottCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Myers, D.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- State of Tennessee v. Chad E. HenryCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2017
- State Of Washington v. Nicholas Windsor AndersonCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2019
- State v. MorganWashington Supreme Court · 2019
- City Of Vancouver, V Melissa Nicole KaufmanCourt of Appeals of Washington · 2019
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