The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals finally ruled that the warrantless, nonconsensual testing of a DWI suspect's blood is a violation of an individual's Fourth Amendment right. This means that if you are arrested for DWI and refuse to consent to a breath or blood test, then the police must obtain a search warrant before they can legally draw your blood.
If you were arrested for DWI and were subjected to a "mandatory" blood draw, then make sure your lawyer knows that the law has changed, and that the results of the blood test cannot be used as evidence against you at trial. The name of the case is State v. Villarreal. Make sure your lawyer has read it.
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