U.S. Supreme Court Watch – Warrantless Blood Draws

On January 9, 2013, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Missouri v. McNeely, a case in which a police officer ordered blood to be drawn from an individual suspected of drunk driving. The officer ordered the blood draw without a warrant after McNeely refused a breath test. The issue before the United States Supreme Court is whether the nature of blood alcohol evidence, specifically the inevitable but gradual destruction of...