United States Supreme Court

In consolidated cases involving three plaintiffs who were arrested on drunk-driving charges and brought Fourth Amendment challenges to their convictions for refusing blood alcohol concentration (BAC) testing, the Court holds that: 1) the Fourth Amendment permits warrantless breath tests incident to arrests for drunk driving but not warrantless blood test; and 2) motorists may not be criminally punished for refusing to submit to a blood test based on legally implied consent to submit to them.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/06/23

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• ALITO

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• United States Supreme Court

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