Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. John Robert CARLEY, Jr., Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-01-18
Citations: 165 A.3d 879
Docket Number: No. 279 WAL 2016
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. John Robert CARLEY, Jr., Petitioner
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 165
Pages: 879–880

Head Matter:
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Respondent v. John Robert CARLEY, Jr., Petitioner
No. 279 WAL 2016
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
January 18, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 18th day of January, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby GRANTED, LIMITED TO the following issue as framed by Petitioner:
When a defendant, following an arrest for DUI, refuses to provide blood for the purposes of chemical testing, is enhanced criminal punishment under 75 Pa.C.S. § 3803(b)(4) and 75 Pa.C.S. § 3804(c) constitutional, when such refusal constitutes the right to refuse a warrantless search, such right provided by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America?
The Petition is otherwise DENIED. The order of the Superior Court affirming Petitioner's judgment of sentence is VACATED, and the ease is REMANDED to the Superior Court for further consideration in light of Birchfield v. North Dakota, 136 S.Ct. 2160 (2016). Jurisdiction relinquished.