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Criminal Law: DWI-Blood Test-Consent
Staff Report//September 18, 2019//
Where a defendant in a drunk-driving case challenged the admission of her blood-test results after she tried to specify where and by whom her blood was tested, the defendant did not have the right to control the manner in which a lawfully obtained blood sample was tested, and the evidence established that she consented to the test, so the judgment is affirmed because the defendant also had no constitutional right to counsel to bring a claim for ineffective assistance.
Judgment is affirmed.
State v. Reeter (MLW No. 73913/Case No. WD81725 – 9 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Ahuja, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Livingston County, Valbracht, J. (Adam L. Warren, Chillicothe, for respondent) (Damien Bhakti De Loyola, Kansas City, Missouri, for appellant).
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