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Colorado Supreme Court rules DUI suspects may revoke consent to blood test, requiring warrant

Jun 4, 2024

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Michael Karlik

Suspected drunk drivers do have the ability to revoke their consent to a blood or breath test, meaning police will generally need to get a warrant to measure intoxication levels, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday. Although the U.S. Supreme Court has not explicitly held that states cannot legislate consent for warrantless blood draws…
Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw

Mar 12, 2024

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Michael Karlik

The Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures means law enforcement must obtain a warrant or else rely on a specific exception to the warrant requirement, like the consent of the person being searched, to investigate a crime. But can Colorado law provide blanket consent for police to draw the blood of alleged drunk…
Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw

Mar 12, 2024

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by

Michael Karlik

The Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures means law enforcement must obtain a warrant or else rely on a specific exception to the warrant requirement, like the consent of the person being searched, to investigate a crime. But can Colorado law provide blanket consent for police to draw the blood of alleged drunk…
Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw

Mar 12, 2024

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by

Michael Karlik

The Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures means law enforcement must obtain a warrant or else rely on a specific exception to the warrant requirement, like the consent of the person being searched, to investigate a crime. But can Colorado law provide blanket consent for police to draw the blood of alleged drunk…
SCOTUS hears challenge to Colorado stalking law, with questions about modern ‘sensitivity’

Apr 19, 2023

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Michael Karlik

For nearly two years, Billy Raymond Counterman sent a musician thousands of unsolicited Facebook messages, carrying on a one-way conversation as if he had a relationship with her. Then things escalated. “Was that you in the white Jeep?” “I’m currently unsupervised. I know, it freaks me out too.” “Five years on Facebook. Only a couple…

justice sonia sotomayor

Colorado Supreme Court rules DUI suspects may revoke consent to blood test, requiring warrant

Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw

Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw

Colorado justices weigh DUI suspects’ right to refuse blood draw

SCOTUS hears challenge to Colorado stalking law, with questions about modern ‘sensitivity’