Section 6.39 Search Warrants and Administrative Proceedings

• Library: DWI 2014

Evidence of blood alcohol test results obtained after a warrant has issued is admissible as evidence in an administrative proceeding. Covert v. Dir. of Revenue,344 S.W.3d 272 (Mo. App. E.D. 2011). After an arrest for driving while intoxicated, the defendant was transported to the county jail for field sobriety testing and was asked to consent to a chemical test to determine her blood alcohol content. Id. at 273. The defendant refused to give her consent to the chemical tests, and the arresting officer...