BLOOD WARRANTS & EXPERT EVIDENCE
Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 4:06PM
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What do you do when you have a suspected impaired driver who is taken to the hospital from the collision scene? Try to obtain a warrant to seize any blood samples that may have been taken from the suspect while at the hospital. And try to obtain the hospital records that show what the hospital's analysis was of those samples. The steps the officer took to do that in Mr. Skorlatowski's case are detailed in the Provincial Court decision. R. v. Skorlatowski, 2014 SKPC 107

But then what do you do if it turns out the blood samples were taken more than two hours after the time of driving? Call an alcohol expert as a witness if there is a trial.  The steps for admissibility of that type of testimony are explained in the Court of Appeal's review of Mr. Skorlatowski's case. R. v. Skorlatowski, 2016 SKCA 5

Article originally appeared on Investigating Impaired Drivers (https://www.lawprofessionalguides.com/).
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