Flonnory v. Delaware

Defendant-appellant Freddie Flonnory appealed his conviction for felony Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI). Specifically, Flonnory challenged the Superior Court's denial of his motion to suppress the results of a blood draw, arguing: (1) that the trial court erred in holding that Delaware's implied consent statute exempted the blood draw from the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement; and (2) that there was no voluntary consent, and that the trial court erred when it did not perform a Fourth Amendment totality of the circumstances analysis to determine whether Flonnory had in fact consented to the blood draw. The Supreme Court found that a totality of the circumstances analysis applied. Such analysis was not applied in this case by the Superior Court. Accordingly, the Court remanded this matter for further proceedings. View "Flonnory v. Delaware" on Justia Law