Supreme Court of North Carolina June 9, 2017, 199PA16 (State v. Romano)

Chief Justice MARTIN

dissenting.

Subsection 20-16.2(b) of our General Statutes authorizes the police to direct the drawing of blood from an unconscious defendant who is suspected of impaired driving in order to determine the defendant’s blood-alcohol content, based on the defendant’s implied consent to a blood test. See generally N.C.G.S. § 20-16.2(a)-(b) (2015).