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State v. Williams

Citations

  • 814 S.W.2d 256
  • 1991 WL 153176

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  • evidence that officer advised person that he was under arrest and would have arrested that person upon release from hospital supported trial court's finding that appellee was under arrest
  • evidence that officer advised person that he was under arrest and would have arrested that person upon release from hospital supported trial court’s finding that appellee was under arrest
  • if reasonable grounds do not exist for driver's arrest, consent to taking of blood specimen is not implied by law and State must prove that actual consent was positive and unequivocal and obtained without duress or coercion
  • if reasonable grounds do not exist for driver’s arrest, consent to taking of blood specimen is not implied by law and State must prove that actual consent was positive and unequivocal and obtained without duress or coercion
  • fact that police read defendant the DIC-24 warnings in the hospital emergency room supported the trial court’s implied finding the defendant was under arrest even though the officer testified defendant was only being investigated
  • a person has been seized if, in view of all the circumstances, a reasonable person would have believed that he was not free to leave; fact that peace officer advised driver that he was under arrest supported determination that driver was under arrest

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Judges: Carroll, Smith, Davis

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