STATE v. JOHNSTON

No. PD-1736-09.

336 S.W.3d 649 (2011)

STATE of Texas v. Christi Lynn JOHNSTON, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

March 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

WM. Reagan Wynn , Forth Worth, for Appellant.

Tanya S. Dohoney , Asst. Crim. D.A., Forth Worth, Jeffrey L. Van Horn , State's Attorney, Austin, for State.


OPINION

KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, WOMACK, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ., join.

The court of appeals held that the unrecorded compelled draw of Christi Lynn Johnston's blood by a police officer, who was also a seasoned EMS provider, in the police station's blood-draw room while Johnston was restrained violated the Fourth Amendment's reasonable manner requirement.1 Under the...

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