Veasey v. State

Joseph Veasey was convicted for criminally negligent homicide and sentenced to one year in the county jail. Two issues are raised on this appeal from that conviction.

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After Veasey's automobile collided into the rear of a tractor-trailer rig traveling on Highway 90 in Mobile County, Veasey, who was driving, and his passenger, Margaret Oates, were taken to a hospital. Oates was pronounced dead at the emergency room.

A physician ordered a blood test on Veasey as a matter of routine medical procedure for a trauma victim. Veasey was not under arrest and the blood test had not been requested by any…