Updated: Wednesday, November 26 2014, 07:33 PM CST<\/p>\n
A new rule in Texas will stop a warrantless search of a DWI suspect's blood. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals says the move violates the Fourth Amendment. <\/p>\n
\"We hold that a nonconsensual search of a DWI suspect's blood conducted pursuant to the mandatory-blood draw and implied-consent provisions in the Transportation Code, when undertaken in the absence of a warrant or any applicable exception to the warrant requirement, violates the Fourth Amendment,\" the court said in its decision released Wednesday. <\/p>\n
This shouldn't impact Austin's \"no refusal\" blood draws during DWI crackdowns because those blood draws are done with a warrant by having a judge present. <\/p>\n
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