Jones v. State, No. 76--187
| Court | Florida District Court of Appeals |
| Writing for the Court | Before HENDRY, C.J., and NATHAN; PER CURIAM |
| Citation | 343 So.2d 921 |
| Decision Date | 15 March 1977 |
| Docket Number | No. 76--187 |
| Parties | Esaw JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
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STATE of Florida, Appellee.
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Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Elliot H. Scherker, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Joel D. Rosenblatt, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before HENDRY, C.J., and NATHAN, J., and CHARLES CARROLL (Ret.), Associate Judge.
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a jury conviction of involuntary sexual battery with force likely to cause serious personal injury. Defendant Esaw Jones has raised several alleged errors which merit consideration by this court.
Prior to trial, the State filed a motion to take venous blood and saliva samples from the defendant. This motion was granted, although defendant objected on the grounds that the taking of blood constituted a search and the State had neither sought a search warrant nor demonstrated grounds which would have supported the issuance of a search warrant.
Although the blood sample was never actually admitted into evidence, a criminologist with the Dade County Public Safety Department testified at trial that she had examined the sample and drawn certain conclusions which indicated that the defendant could in fact have sexually assaulted the victim.
It is virtually axiomatic at this point that such testimony would be inadmissible if the blood were taken pursuant to an illegal search. Mapp v. Ohio, 367 U.S. 643, 81 S.Ct. 1684, 6 L.Ed.2d 1081 (1961). While the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure authorize a judicial officer to require an accused to permit the taking of samples of his blood, such discovery is expressly subjected to constitutional limitations. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.220(b)(1)(vii).
The United States Supreme Court delineated the parameters of these constitutional limitations in Schmerber v. California, 384 U.S. 757, 86 S.Ct. 1826, 16 L.Ed.2d 908
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(1966). There the Court noted that the 'interests in human dignity and privacy which the Fourth Amendment protects forbid any such intrusions on the mere chance that desired evidence might be obtained.' 384 U.S. at 769--770, 86 S.Ct. at 1835, 16 L.Ed.2d at 919.A review of the facts surrounding the State's motion to obtain blood samples from the defendant herein has revealed insufficient probable cause to justify a compelled giving of blood. The State's motion simply stated that it had 'become important in the investigation to take...
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