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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/16/2001

Commonwealth v. Shaw

Citations

  • 770 A.2d 295
  • 564 Pa. 617
  • 2001 Pa. LEXIS 760

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that BAC test results must be suppressed where the blood was drawn for independent medical reasons and the results were released to the police without a warrant or an exception to the warrant requirement
  • holding that BAC test results must be suppressed where the blood was drawn for independent medical reasons and the results were released to the police without a warrant or an exception to the warrant requirement
  • holding blood test taken for independent medical purpose is not same as blood test taken pursuant to Section 3755(a)
  • holding that pursuant to Article I, Section 8, “[t]he implied consent provision of 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(a)(1) does not eliminate the need to obtain a warrant to seize medical records, but only to request and conduct chemical tests”
  • rejecting, as inconsistent with separate and distinct privacy protections of Article I, § 8 of Pennsylvania Constitution, Fourth Amendment holding in Commonwealth v. Riedel, 539 Pa. 172, 651 A.2d 135 (1994)
  • rejecting, as inconsistent with separate and distinct privacy protections of Article I, § 8 of Pennsylvania Constitution, Fourth Amendment holding in Commonwealth v. Riedel, 539 Pa. 172, 651 A.2d 135 (1994)

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Judges: Zappala, Nigro, Castille, Saylor

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