Commonwealth v. Hipp

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• affirming conviction for “DUI” where hospital withdrew blood for medical purposes and the defendant objected after the blood was drawn
• affirming conviction for \DUI\ where hospital withdrew blood for medical purposes and the defendant objected after the blood was drawn
• prohibition against illegal search and seizure applies only to actions of government authorities
• prohibition against illegal search and seizure applies only to actions of government authorities
• driver had refused officer’s request to submit to blood test
• “The blood test ... was performed prior to the arrival of any officer and was conducted as a routine part of the emergency treatment ... and not at the request of any government official. Thus, the medical purposes blood test itself did not violate appellant’s constitutional rights.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).