State v. Hackney

PORTER, Justice.

CASE SUMMARY

This is an appeal from a conviction of second degree manslaughter. Defendant-appellant alleges that he was not under lawful arrest at the time police officers obtained a sample of his blood, that photographs inaccurately depicting the accident scene involved in this case were erroneously admitted in evidence, and that the results of the blood test should not have been admitted because it could not be shown with certainty that it was his blood sample. We conclude that defendant was under lawful arrest at the time the blood sample was taken, and that the photographs…