STATE v. NISSLEY

No. CR-15-0393-PR.

387 P.3d 1256 (2017)

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. Patrick McLeod NISSLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Arizona.

Filed February 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Brnovich , Arizona Attorney General, Dominic Draye , Solicitor General, Joseph T. Maziarz , Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section, Terry M. Crist, III , (argued), Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for State of Arizona

Natalee Segal (argued), Ballecer & Segal, LLP, Phoenix, Attorneys for Patrick McLeod Nissley

Mikel Steinfield (argued) and Kevin Heade , Maricopa County Public Defender's Office, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice

JUSTICE TIMMER authored the opinion of the Court, in which CHIEF JUSTICE BALES, VICE CHIEF JUSTICE PELANDER, and JUSTICES BRUTINEL and BOLICK joined.


¶ 1 A law enforcement officer must ordinarily obtain a search warrant to take an involuntary blood sample from a suspect. Arizona's medical blood draw exception to the warrant requirement, however, requires medical personnel to provide upon request a portion of any blood sample taken from a patient when...

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