There's no case against the unconscious patient. He is a victim in this. The police in Utah were chasing a perp and the perp hit the now-unconscious patient head-on in a crash during the chase.
There's absolutely no reason to draw blood from this person, no reason for him to be under arrest, and no reason for a warrant to be issued for a blood draw.
Also I am sure the hospital did all the necessary blood draws in the course of regular treatment and that information could be obtained via a warrant.
Well. If the victim was under influence of sometin’ it would illiminate the matter...why couldnt the officer get a warrant from on-call judge over phone with resultant fax?
....or official email etc..officer would have to demonstrate due cause and prove it....hey why cant we have a 911 judge...we got emts, ambulance chasers, firemen, police, news reporters, why not judges?
re: “There’s absolutely no reason to draw blood from this person, no reason for him to be under arrest, and no reason for a warrant to be issued for a blood draw.”
The Police chase went very bad. The Cops were trying to get info to cover their asses!
I beg to differ. The police are in CYA mode since this accident was in part because they were in a high speed pursuit. Their looking at deflecting the liability and insurance claim / lawsuit from the victim because they didn’t back off.
If they can show some evidence of impairment on the victims part then they can try to make a case that this impairment hindered the victims ability to take some sort of evasive action.
Ah pay attention Son, “He is a victim,” YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT, he could have caused the accident,Sherlock..