State v. Vasquez

MAJORITY OPINION

KEM THOMPSON FROST, Justice.

In this intoxication-manslaughter case, we decide whether the trial court erred in suppressing the results of tests performed on a defendant’s blood sample. The trial court granted a pre-trial motion to suppress this evidence based on the trial court’s conclusion that the State violated the Texas Constitution’s Due Course of Law Clause when the State destroyed the blood sample before trial. Contrary to the trial court’s ruling, we conclude that, in this context, the Texas Constitution’s Due Course of Law Clause provides the same protection as the…