The State of Texas v. Juan Martinez, Jr.

Summary

The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas affirmed the trial court’s grant of a motion to suppress evidence, holding that the State’s warrantless testing of Juan Martinez Jr.’s blood drawn for medical purposes violated the Fourth Amendment. The Court found that Martinez had a subjective and reasonable expectation of privacy in the blood, that the seizure was valid but the subsequent testing was an unlawful search, and that no exception justified the warrantless test.