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Warrantless Blood Draws: Wisconsin Supreme Court Splits on Constitutionality of Implied Consent When OWI Arrestee Is Unconscious

[07/16/18]

Posted on July 16, 2018 in Health Law News

Published by: Hall Render

In State v. Mitchell, 2018 WI 84, a non-precedential decision released earlier this month, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld an OWI conviction based on a blood draw taken when the defendant driver was literally passed out drunk. In May 2013, Sheboygan Police received a tip about a possible drunk driver. When they caught up... READ MORE

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