Posts Tagged ‘nonconsensual blood draws’
Can the police draw or take blood from me in the hospital if I was in a crash and was unconscious?
Do the police need a warrant to take blood from me in a hospital setting after a car crash? State v. Zalcberg The New Jersey Supreme Court issued a ruling firmed up and extended the excuses police need for obtaining a blood draw from a defendant in a DWI homicide crash investigation without a warrant!!!…
Read MoreEmergency Circumstacnes: Exigency in State v. Eckel,
Submitted by New Jersey DWI Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark Our court has outlined exigency in See State v. Eckel, 185 N.J. 523. Exigency has been defined as circumstances which provide the officer with the heightened concern for his safety or the destruction of evidence. Id. at 534. The U.S Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Missouri v.…
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