{"id":296,"date":"2018-01-26T12:22:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T17:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=296"},"modified":"2026-01-31T09:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T14:08:20","slug":"court-says-florida-cops-can-draw-blood-dui-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/court-says-florida-cops-can-draw-blood-dui-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Says Florida Cops Can Draw Blood from DUI Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blood alcohol tests are often a key part of Florida DUI cases. Although police officers generally have to get a warrant or your consent to submit to such a test, there are a number of exceptions to that rule. The state\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeal <a href=\"https:\/\/edca.4dca.org\/DCADocs\/2014\/4479\/144479_DC05_07262017_102726_i.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently explained<\/a> one of those exceptions.A defendant was charged with DUI manslaughter with failure to render aid and vehicular homicide with failure to render aid, stemming from a late-night car accident near West Palm Beach. The other driver involved in the crash died after his vehicle ended up in a nearby canal. The defendant, who the court said left the scene of the crash on foot and called 911 nearly an hour after the crash, argued that a problem with the throttle on his car had caused the collision. He also asked a court to throw out the results of a blood alcohol test taken after the crash, which showed that he had a blood alcohol content of more than 0.17 percent. A toxicologist estimated based on that test \u2013 which happened hours after the accident \u2013 that his BAC was as high as 0.23 percent at the time of the collision. That\u2019s nearly three times the legal limit.<\/p>\n<p>A deputy picked the defendant up and took him to the crash scene after he called 911. He told the police officer that he\u2019d stopped a stop sign and hit something \u2013 he wasn\u2019t aware what \u2013 after proceeding into an intersection. He said he then went home to call the police. The officer said he smelled of alcohol, and his speech was slurred. Although he refused a blood alcohol test when he was taken to the hospital, his blood was drawn and tested anyway. A trial judge later rejected his request to exclude the blood test evidence. Although the cops didn\u2019t have a warrant at the time, the judge said the test was justified by \u201cexigent circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/court-says-florida-cops-can-draw-blood-dui-suspect\/#more-296\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blood alcohol tests are often a key part of Florida DUI cases. Although police officers generally have to get a warrant or your consent to submit to such a test, there are a number of exceptions to that rule. The state\u2019s Fourth District Court of Appeal recently explained one of those exceptions.A defendant was charged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When Does Blood Draw in DUI Cases Matter?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jury rules can shape the outcome. A DUI case can hinge on cops draw blood DUI. See how this ruling your defense. 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