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· 2/1/1989

United States v. Phillip Berry

Citations

  • 866 F.2d 887
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 891
  • 1989 WL 6327

How courts have described this case

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

  • reading Schmerher as an exigent circumstances case and not as requiring the suspect to be under arrest at the time a blood sample is taken
  • officer had probable cause to believe defendant had been driving while intoxicated when officer \was aware that the suspect was involved in a serious and inexplicable single car accident\ and Berry's breath smelled of alcohol
  • same factual scenario and rationale as in Chapel

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Judges: Wellford, Boggs, Simpson

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