People v. Church

The sole issue before this Court on appeal is as follows: "Where an accused has been advised of his right to refuse to take a blood test after an arrest on a charge of operating’ a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, 1 are the police under an additional duty to advise the accused of his right to take the blood test in a city hospital when the accused’s private physician has refused to perform the test? 2

On July 19, 1965, defendant Roosevelt Church was arrested by a Detroit police officer and within a short time was taken to the scientific laboratory of the Detroit…