ROANOKE TIMES 

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, April 11, 1991                   TAG: 9104110525
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

COURT SAYS WARRANT NOT NEEDED FOR TESTS

Police do not have to obtain a search warrant before requiring a suspected drunken driver to take a Breathalyzer test, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

A three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected two drivers' claims that conducting the test without a warrant was unconstitutional.

The appeals panel said Breathalyzer tests are less intrusive than blood tests, which already have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in drunken-driving cases.

- Associated Press 


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