Legal Opinion
State v. Romano
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided June 9, 2017No. 199PA16PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEASLEY, Justice.
*680The issue before us in this case is whether N.C.G.S. § 20-16.2(b), which authorizes law enforcement to obtain a blood sample from an unconscious defendant who is suspected of driving while impaired without first obtaining a search warrant, was unconstitutionally applied to defendant. The trial court suppressed the results of defendant’s blood test on Fourth Amendment grounds,- and the Court of Appeals affirmed that decision. We now affirm the opinion of the Court of Appeals as modified herein.
On 6 October 2014, defendant was indicted for felony habitual driving while impaired…
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