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PEOPLE v. KEEN

Docket No. 56474, (Calendar No. 2).

396 Mich. 573 (1976)

242 N.W.2d 405

PEOPLE v. KEEN

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided June 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Michael E. Dodge, Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Herbert Phillipson, Jr., for defendant.

LEVIN, J.

The statute provides that the result of a blood alcohol test is admissible in evidence in "any criminal prosecution for driving a vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor".1

The question on this appeal is whether a blood alcohol test is admissible in a prosecution for manslaughter.

We hold that where a blood alcohol test is administered pursuant to the statute the test result is not admissible...

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