COM. v. SMITH

No. 88 MAP 2011.

77 A.3d 562 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Daniel Roger SMITH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Ann Diaz, Esq. , Doylestown, Stephen B. Harris, Esq. , Warrington, David Ward Heckler, Esq. , Doylestown, Robert J. Salzer, Esq. , Bucks County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

John J. Kerrigan Jr., Esq. , Langhorne, for Daniel Roger Smith.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice BAER.

We accepted allowance of appeal in this case to examine whether the Superior Court erred in determining that police officers, when seeking consent from an individual for the testing of his blood for the presence of drugs or alcohol following a traffic accident, must inform the individual that the results of the test may be used for criminal or prosecutorial purposes. To the extent the Superior Court held that an officer must...

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