DUI Law Curbed by Arizona Supreme Court

The Arizona Supreme Court says police can’t have blood samples taken from an unconscious DUI suspect without having a search warrant or facing urgent circumstances beyond the natural dissipation of alcohol in blood.

 

The Arizona ruling Thursday weighed the constitutionality of a state law allowing warrantless blood draws in suspected DUI cases in which a driver is dead, unconscious or otherwise incapable of refusing to grant permission.

 

The Arizona court says its decision tracks a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on warrantless blood draws from DUI suspects.