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Senate advances changes to remotely communicated search-warrant rules after court decision
Summary
Senators advanced SB 30 to rewrite remotely communicated search-warrant procedures to align statute with new Rule 40 of the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure; sponsors said the move follows a Court of Appeals decision that overturned a DUI blood-draw conviction because of prior procedural defects and that the new statute will provide a more workable process for law enforcement.
Senator Jason E. Thomas on Jan. 25 urged passage of Senate Bill 30, a bill to revise Utah’s statute on remotely communicated search warrants so it conforms with Rule 40 recently adopted by the Utah Supreme Court. Thomas said that since 1998 law enforcement had been able to obtain remotely communicated warrants (often by telephone) but that statutory complexity limited use of the process.
Thomas told the Senate that a Utah Court of Appeals decision had overturned a DUI conviction involving serious…
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