STATE v. ROMANO

No. 199PA16.

800 S.E.2d 644 (2017)

STATE of North Carolina v. Joseph Mario ROMANO.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed June 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, by Derrick C. Mertz , Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State-appellant/appellee.

Glenn Gerding , Appellate Defender, by Constance E. Widenhouse and Andrew DeSimone , Assistant Appellate Defenders, for defendant-appellant/appellee.


The issue before us in this case is whether N.C.G.S. § 20-16.2(b), which authorizes law enforcement to obtain a blood sample from an unconscious defendant who is suspected of driving while impaired without first obtaining a search warrant, was unconstitutionally applied to defendant. The trial court suppressed the results...

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