Doctor arrested after refusing to draw blood from homicide suspect

[peacefuljeffrey 0]

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Police said that Payne and a woman were visiting the suspect's home and that the two men got into a dispute while drinking. Stanek said he didn't know why the two men were arguing, but it didn't appear to be drug- or gang-related. Nor did the death seem related to any other recent crimes, he said.

I think that this is a clear-cut case illustrating why we need laws that prohibit keeping knives in any house where alcohol is served. It would have saved this guy's life!

Hell, we ban concealed firearms from bars!

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-Jeffrey
"With tha thoughts of a militant mind... Hard line, hard line after hard line!"

[akarunway 1]

Did you know in California they have started to turn over the "Inocent till proven guilty" rule?

If suspected of DUI through observation, and field sobriety testing, you are required to take a breathalizer, blood, or urine test. If you refuse, you're automaticaly charged with the crime_______________________________________________________________________________________ Here in Ca. last year a coworker got a DUI . No accident or anything and the forcibly took blood from him at the police station. I don't know the outcome of that one. He said FUCK ca. and hauled ass

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[peregrinerose 0]

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You're not automatically charged here, but if you refuse the test, you do automatically lose your license. And more likely then not, they will get a judge to an issue a court order requiring you to submit. If you still refuse, they you're pretty much going to at least be charged with indirect criminal contempt.

You're close. In PA if you are stopped for suspicion of DUI and you refuse the blood/breath test, your license is automatically suspended for one year, even if you are later found not guilty of the charges.

How do I know this? It was on the test I took yesterday to wipe a couple points off my license (and I got that one right!)

Jen

Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda

[JohnRich 4]

News update:

No charges sought against doctor who refused to draw blood from homicide suspect

Minneapolis police said Tuesday that they won't seek charges against a doctor who refused to draw blood from a homicide suspect without the man's consent.

Instead, police officials said they are talking with administrators at Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) about the issues raised by the incident. The hospital is reviewing its policy and other regulations to clarify what may have led the doctor to believe that he needed a written court order to take the blood sample, a spokesman said.

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