STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) IN CIRCUIT COURT
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COUNTY OF HUGHES ) SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ) 32CRI16-218
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) MOTION TO QUASH SEARCH
) WARRANT & SUPPRESS
DIRK LANDON SPARKS, )
Dos 3/16/1972 )
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Defendant. )
COMES NOW, the Defendant, Dirk Landon Sparks, by and through his court-
appointed attorney, Jeremy Lund, The Schreiber Law Firm, Prof. L.L.C., Pierre, South
Dakota; and hereby moves this court for an order quashing the Search Warrant in this,
matter and suppressing any and all evidence derived therefrom for the following
reasons;
4. On March 14, 2016, Officer Matthew Shaver prepared an Affidavit in
Support for Search Warrant. The Affidavit requested a search warrant for
the blood and/or urine of the Defendant.
2. On March 14, 2016, the Honorable John Brown issued a search warrant
authorizing the search of the Defendant for the Defendant’s blood and
urine.
3, The Defendant refused to provide a urine sample pursuant to the search
warrant. Law Enforcement ultimately took Defendant to the Hospital,
strapped the Defendant to a bed, and conducted a forced catheterization
for the Defendant's urine.
Filed: 6/16/2016 8:27:33 AMCST Hughes County, South Dakota 32CRI16-0002184, The search warrant does not authorize catheterization nor did Law
enforcement attempt to take a sample of the Defendant's blood.
5. Under normal circumstances, providing a urine sample by urinating into a
cup is less intrusive than the taking of blood. “Urination into a specimen
container is reasonable process. As a normal body function, urination is
{ess intrusive than removal of blood by a syringe.” State v Hansen, 1999
SD 8, 1140. However, catheterization to collect urine is highly invasive
more intrusive than removal of blood by a syringe.
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated,
and no warrant shall issue but upon probable cause supported by affidavit,
particularly describing the place to be search and the person or thing to be
seized. South Dakota Constitution Art. VI, §411
7. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated,
an no Warrants shall issue but on probable cause, supported by Oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, persons
or things to be seized. U.S. Const. Amendment IV.
8. The Fourth Amendment does not protect against all searches and
seizures, but only against unreasonable searches and seizures. United
States v. Sharpe, 470 U.S. 675, 682, 105 S.Ct. 1568 1573, 84 L.Ed.2d
605 (1985).
9. [The 4" Amendments'] central requirement is one of reasonableness.
Minois v McArthur, 531 U.S. 326, 330 (2001).
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5/16/2016 8:27:33 AMCST Hughes County, South Dakota —32CRI16-00021840. In deciding whether a search or seizure was reasonable, "[{}he touchstone
of our analysis under the Fourth Amendment is always “the
reasonableness in all the circumstances of the particular governmental
invasion of a citizen's personal security." Pennsylvania v. Minuns, 434
U.S, 106, 108-09, 98 S.Ct, 330, 332, 54 L.Ed.2d 331 (197) (quoting Terry
V. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 19, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 1878-79, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968).
11. Reasonableness "depends on a balance between the public interest and
the individual's right to personal security free from arbitrary interference by
law officers." United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 878, 95
S.Ct. 2574 2579, 45 L.Ed.2d 607 (1975).
12. To be reasonable, law enforcement must make “reasonable efforts to
reconcile their law enforcement needs with the demands of personal
privacy.” ILLINOIS v. McARTHUR, 531, U.S. 326, 332 (2001)
13. The warrant issued for the Defendant's Blood and Urine lacked sufficient
particularity. “We have long held, moreover, that the purpose of the
particularity requirement is not limited to the prevention of general
searel
A particular warrant also “assures the individual whose property
is searched or seized of the lawful authority of the executing officer, his
need to search, and the limits of his power to search." Groh v. Ramirez,
540 U.S, 551, 561 (2004),
14."It is incumbent on the officer executing a search warrant to ensure the
search is lawfully authorized and lawfully conducted.” Groh v. Ramirez,
540 U.S. 551, 157 L.Ed.2d 1068 (2004).
led: 6/16/2016 8:27:33 AMCST Hughes County, South Dakota 32CRI16-00021815. The manner in which evidence is seized must also be reasonable.
“Another factor is the extent of intrusion upon the individuat's dignitary
interests in personal privacy and bodily integrity."... “inquiry therefore must
focus on the extent of the intrusion on respondent's privacy interests and
on the State's need for the evidence.” Winston v. Lee, 470 U.S. 753, 761-
763, (1985).
16. The affidavit in support of Search warrant was insufficient to support
probable cause for issuance of the search warrant for blood and urine and
certainly insufficient for the issuance of a warrant authorizing
catheterization.
Wherefore, the Defendant prays:
A) Foran order quashing the search warrant;
B) An order suppressing the urine sample and test results therefrom,
Dated May 16, 2016.
THE SCHREIBER LAW FIRM, Prof. LL.
Attorney for Defendant
on ae
Jeremy Lund
740 East Sioux Avenue, Suite 110
Pierre, SD 57501
(605) 494-3004
(605) 494-3005 (fax)
iled: 5/16/2016 8:27:33 AMCST Hughes County, South Dakota 32CRI16-000218CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
‘The undersigned hereby certifies that on May 16, 2016, he served a copy of the
foregoing MOTION TO QUASH & SUPPRESS upon the person(s) herein next
designated, to-wit:
Wendy Kloeppner
Hughes County State's Attomey
Wendy. Kloeppner@co, hughes.sd.us
igi
Jeremy Lund
by electronic service.
Filed: 5/16/2016 8:27:33 AMCST Hughes County, South Dakota 32CRI16-000218