No. 19-751

Elio Gutierrez v. California

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2019-12-12
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: blood-alcohol-content blood-draw consent driving-under-the-influence dui-arrest fourth-amendment Fourth-Amendment-search-incident-to-arrest law-enforcement search-exception search-incident-to-arrest
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-01-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is consent voluntary under the Fourth Amendment where a driving under the influence arrestee submits to a blood draw after the arresting officer tells him or her that he or she is required to submit to a blood or breath test to determine blood alcohol content?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Is consent voluntary under the Fourth Amendment where a driving under the influence arrestee submits to a blood draw after the arresting officer tells him or her that he or she is required to submit to a blood or breath test to determine blood alcohol content? Is a blood draw reasonable under the Fourth Amendment search incident to arrest exception, where a driving under the influence arrestee submits to a blood draw after a law enforcement officer tell him or her that he or she is “required” to provide a blood or breath test to determine blood alcohol content? ii STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES People v. Elio Gutierrez, No. S252532, Supreme Court of California order dismissing and remanding to the First District Court of Appeal entered on August 29, 2019. People v. Elio Gutierrez, No. S252532, Supreme Court of California order granting review entered on January 2, 2019. People v. Elio Gutierrez, No. A153419, Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 4, order affirming judgment of appellate panel, entered on October 2, 2019. People v. Elio Gutierrez, No. 5-170563-1, Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Contra Costa Appellate Division, judgment entered on December 13, 2017. People v. Elio Gutierrez, No. 1-176383-8, Superior Court in and for the County of Contra Costa, California, order granting motion to suppress entered on January 27, 2017.

Docket Entries

2020-01-21
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
2019-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent State of California to respond filed.
2019-11-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Elio Gutierrez
Maya Amalie NordbergContra Costa County Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner
Maya Amalie NordbergContra Costa County Office of the Public Defender, Petitioner
State of California
Bridget BilleterCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Bridget BilleterCalifornia Attorney General's Office, Respondent