Mears quotes Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s opinion in that DUI investigations don’t always require the immediate testing of blood without a warrant.
In other words, the cops can’t say they needed to draw blood first for fear that a DUI suspect’s blood alcohol content would decrease in the time it would take to get a warrant. But the warrantless blood draw will likely continue, which would occur in felony DUI cases, where someone was injured or killed.
Source: Supreme Court rules against police in drunk driving case
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