2004 UT App 198 - State v. Rodriguez’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(1) the officer had probable cause to believe that the defendant was involved in an alcohol-related offense; (2) the officer had reason to believe the blood sample would produce evidence of the defendant's level of intoxication when the crime was committed; (3) the officer reasonably believed that they were “confronted with an emergency, in which the delay necessary to obtain a warrant, under the circumstances, threatened 'the destruction of the evidence[]'”; and (4) the method used by the officer to obtain the blood sample was "performed in a reasonable manner."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2006 UT App 215 - State v. Cornejo

2. “clear from the record that the decision to extract Rodriguez's blood was made soon after the accident occurred, at a time when courts are open and search warrants can be readily requested either in person or by telephone.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rodriguez

3. “anyone, at any time, had assessed the difficulty and time required to obtain a proper search warrant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Rodriguez