The Blood Alcohol Test Case
Author | Deandra M. Grant/Kimberly Griffin Tucker |
Pages | 353-518 |
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CHAPTER 7
THE BLOOD ALCOHOL TEST CASE
I. INTRODUCTION
§7:01 Don’t Lose Sight of the Forest for the Trees
II. LEGAL JUSTIFICATIONS FOR OBTAINING BLOOD EVIDENCE
A. Consent
§7:10 Implied Consent
§7:11 Officer Must Have Reasonable Grounds
§7:12 What Constitutes Actual Consent
§7:13 When Person Is Incapable of Withdrawing Consent
§7:14 Subpoena of Hospital Records
B. By Law Without a Warrant; Now Requires Exigency
§7:20 Fatal or Serious Accident
§7:21 Driving While Intoxicated with a Child Passenger
§7:22 Previous DWI Convictions or Community Supervision
§7:23 The Specimen
§7:24 Missouri v. McNeely: Are Warrantless Blood Draws History?
§7:25 Texas and U.S. Supreme Court Cases Post-McNeely
C. By Search Warrant
1. Governing Law
§7:30 Search Warrant Use for Blood Upheld
§7:31 Prerequisites for Issuance of Search Warrant
§7:32 Requirements for Valid Warrant
§7:33 Requirements for Affidavit in Support of Warrant
§7:34 Stale Warrants
2. Reviewing the Search Warrant and Affidavit for Defects
§7:40 Obtain Through Discovery
§7:41 Is the Warrant Affidavit Signed by the Officer?
§7:42 Who Issued the Warrant and Can You Read the Signature?
§7:43 Is the Affidavit Sworn to and Was an Oath Administered?
§7:44 Is a Faxed Affidavit, With or Without a Telephone Call, Sufficient in Texas?
§7:45 Does the Sworn Affidavit Recite Enough Facts for Probable Cause?
§7:46 One Search or Two?
III. THE BLOOD DRAWCONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
A. Fourth Amendment Reasonableness Standard
§7:50 Schmerber v. California
§7:51 State v. Johnston
§7:52 Two-Part Reasonableness Analysis
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§7:53 Reasonableness of Choosing a Blood Test
§7:54 Reasonableness of Manner of Performing Test: Applicability of Transportation Code
§7:55 Qualification of Person Drawing Blood
§7:56 Reasonableness of Location of Blood Draw
B. Transportation Code §724.017 and Warrantless Blood Draws
§7:70 Section 724.017 Requirements
§7:71 Who Is a “Qualified Technician?”
§7:72 Sanitary Place
C. Burden of Proof When Challenging Blood Draw Procedure
§7:80 At Motion to Suppress
§7:81 At Trial
§7:82 Practice Tip: When Blood Is Drawn Pursuant to the Implied Consent Statute
§7:83 Practice Tip: When Blood Is Drawn Pursuant to a Warrant
IV. BLOOD DRAW PROCEDURES
§7:90 Blood Specimen Collection Kit
§7:91 Steps in Drawing Blood
§7:92 Assembling the Blood Kit
§7:93 Right to Additional Analysis
§7:94 BD Blood Tube Recall
V. BLOOD TESTING METHODS
§7:100 Headspace Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detector (GC-FID)
§7:101 Enzymatic Serum Ethanol Analysis (or “Hospital Blood”)
§7:102 Enzymatic Testing Case Studies with Hearing Transcript to Exclude ETOH Result
§7:103 Checklist: Blood Testing Errors
VI. FORMS: PRETRIAL MOTIONS AND DISCOVERY
§7:110 Obtaining Information Concerning Test Results
7-1 Discovery Motion for District Attorney’s Office
7-2 Order on Motion for Discovery from District Attorney’s Office
7-3 Language for Subpoena Duces Tecum Request—Forensic Lab
7-4 Reserved
7-5 Subpoena Duces Tecum for Hospital Lab: Items to Request
7-6 Motion to Inspect Scene of Blood Draw
7-7 Order on Motion to View Scene of Blood Draw
7-8 Motion for Independent Analysis of Blood Sample
7-9 Order on Motion for Independent Analysis of Blood Sample
7-10 Motion to Suppress Blood Test Result: Arrest Without Probable Cause; Blood Test
Unreasonable or in Violation of Transportation Code
7-11 Order on Motion to Suppress Blood Test Result: Arrest Without Probable Cause; Blood
Test Unreasonable or in Violation of Transportation Code
7-12 Motion to Suppress: Lack of Probable Cause in Warrant Affidavit
7-13 Motion to Suppress Blood Test Result: Blood Taken Without Warrant in Violation of
Missouri v. McNeeley
7-14 Order on Motion to Suppress BAC OR Breath Test Result Obtained Without Consent or
Warrant in Violation of McNeeley and Villarreal
7-15 Objection to Chain of Custody Affidavit
VII. CONFRONTATION ISSUES
§7:120 Confrontation Clause Requires Testimony of Technician to Introduce Lab Report
§7:121 Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 38.41 Permits State to Of fer Certificate of Analysis
§7:122 Requirements for Valid Certificate of Analysis
§7:123 Statutory Form: Certificate of Analysis
§7:124 File Objection to Keep Out Certificate
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7-3 The Blood Alcohol Test Case
VIII. SAMPLE CROSS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR THE STATE’S WITNESSES
§7:130 Arresting Officer
§7:131 Nurse/Phlebotomist
§7:132 Lab Tech Who Tested Blood (Gas Chromatography)
IX. THE DISCONNECT DEFENSE
A. Article
§7:140 Not Guilty v. Goliath: Conquering Giant BLOOD Tests Using the Disconnect Defense/
By: Mark Ryan Thiessen
B. Disconnect Defense: Trial Transcript
§7:150 Defense Cross Examination of State’s Blood Expert
§7:151 Direct Examination of Defense Toxicologist
§7:152 DA’s Cross Examination of Defense Toxicology Expert
§7:153 Re-Direct and Re-Cross Examination of Defense Toxicology
§7:154 Closing Argument
X. TEAM INNOCENT VOIR DIRE
A. Using the Theme
§7:160 Team Innocent
B. Voir Dire Transcripts
§7:170 Sample Voir Dire Transcript #1
§7:171 Sample Voir Dire Transcript #2
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