Police do not need a search warrant to test the blood alcohol level of an unconscious driver, US Supreme Court rules.
Police do not need a search warrant to test the blood alcohol level of an unconscious driver, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
The case arose from a 2013 incident involving Gerald Mitchell, who drove to the shore of Lake Michigan, took about 40 pills and drank vodka. Tipped off by a neighbor who feared Mitchell had driven away in a van, apparently drunk and suicidal, police arrived to find him belligerent and unsteady on his feet. After putting him in a holding cell, they decided to take him to a hospital, where they directed medical personnel to draw his blood. It showed an alcohol level of .
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