Legal Opinion
Schmerber v. California
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 1966No. 658PublishedCited by 5,693 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
Petitioner was convicted in Los Angeles Municipal Court of the criminal offense of driving an automobile while under the influence of intoxicating liquor.1 He had been arrested at a hospital while receiving treatment for injuries suffered in an accident involving the automobile that he had apparently been driving.2 At the direction of a police officer, a blood sample was then withdrawn from petitioner’s body by a physician at the hospital. *759The chemical analysis of this sample revealed a percent by weight of alcohol in his blood at the time of the offense which indicated intoxication, and the…
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