Thanks for bringing in the HIPPA angle. I'd meant to. From the posts above, I see I haven't gotten my point across. There was no reason to suspect the patient had anything to do with the wreck, other than just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. In that case probable cause does not exist to draw his blood nor would a judge have issued a warrant for such. If the judge had a sense of humor, he would have laughed. IOW, the whole attempt to obtain blood was illegal from the get-go. The detective knew that or should have and so did his supervisor. If they didn't know it, they were terribly, horribly negligent. It was a strong-arm attempt, pure and simple...
