No. 19-996

Lindsay Waters v. Georgia

Lower Court: Georgia
Docketed: 2020-02-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights coercion due-process dui dui-testing fourth-amendment implied-consent search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
ERISA FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-04-03
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Fourth Amendment permits police to coerce submission to a warrantless blood test by telling motorists arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol that any refusal to submit to the blood test will be used against them at trial as proof of guilt, that the law requires the motorists to submit to the blood draw, and that their driving privileges will be suspended for a year for refusing to submit to the blood test?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment permits police to coerce submission to a warrantless blood test

Docket Entries

2020-04-06
Petition DENIED.
2020-03-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
2020-03-11
Brief amicus curiae of DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA) filed.
2020-03-10
Waiver of right of respondent State of Georgia to respond filed.
2020-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2020)

Attorneys

DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA)
Sarah Jay SchielkeThe Life & Liberty Law Office, Amicus
Lindsay Waters
Gregory Allen WillisWillis Law Firm, Petitioner
State of Georgia
Andrew Alan PinsonOffice of the Georgia Attorney General, Respondent