Defendant-Appellant Yong Shik Won (Won) was convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII), in violation of Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 291E-61(a)(3) (Supp. 2013).
Prior to trial, Won moved to suppress the results of his breath test. The District Court of the First Circuit (District Court) denied Won’s motion to suppress and found him guilty of violating HRS § 291E-61(a)(3).
On appeal, Won argues that the District Court erred in denying his motion to suppress. Prior to 2011, it was settled law that a person arrested for OVUII was not entitled to Miranda warnings or to consult with an attorney before the police asked whether the arrestee would submit to testing. State v. Severino,
In addition, Won argues that the results of his breath test should have been suppressed because the police violated his statutory right to an attorney under HRS § 803-9 (1993);
For the reasons set forth below, we hold that Won was not subjected to interrogation for purposes of Miranda and that the police did not violate Won’s Miranda rights in obtaining his decision on testing; that Won has not met his burden of showing that McNeely rendered HRS § 291E-68 unconstitutional; that Won does not prevail on his other arguments; and that the District Court did not err in denying Won’s motion to suppress. Accordingly, we affirm Won’s conviction.
BACKGROUND
The following facts are based on police reports and related exhibits, which the parties stipulated into evidence. On April 20, 2011, at about 3:15 a.m., Honolulu Police Department (HPD) Officer Vincent Gonzales (Officer Gonzales) observed Won traveling faster than the posted speed limit. Officer Gonzales paced Won going at about 55 miles per hour (mph) in a 35 mph zone and subsequently stopped Won’s vehicle.
While speaking with Won, Officer Gonzales observed that Wоn had “red, watery, eyes[,]” and that he “emitted a strong odor of an alcoholic type beverage[.]” Officer Gonzales told Won that he “believed [Won] to be intoxicated” and asked Won to perform the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFSTs), which Won agreed to perform. Won performed poorly on the SIfSTs. Won agreed to take a Preliminary Alcohol Screening (PAS) test, which revealed a breath alcohol content of 0.176.
Based on these observations, HPD Sergeant Albert Lee arrested Won and Officer Gonzales transported Won to the police station. At the police station, Sergeant Lee presented Won with a copy of a form entitled, “Use of Intoxicants While Operating a Vehicle Implied Consent for Testing” (Implied Consent Form), and read the form to him. Specifically, the Implied Consent Form provided:
Pursuant to chapter 291E, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS), Use of Intoxicants While Operating a Vehicle, you are being informed of the following:
1. Any person who operates a vehicle upon a public way, street, road, or highway or on or in the waters of the State shall be deemed to have given consent to a test or tests for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration or drug content of the persons [sic] breath, blood, or urine as applicable.
2. You are not entitled to an attorney before you submit to any test or tests to determine your alcohol and/or drug content.
3. You may refuse to submit to a breath or blood test/ оr both for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration and/or blood or mine test, or both for determining drug content, none shall be given, except as provided in section 291E-21. However, if you refuse to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test, you shall be subject to up to thirty days imprisonment and/or fine up to $1.000 or the sanctions of 291E-65, if applicable. In addition, you shall also be subject to the procedures and sanctions under chapter 291E, part III.
(Emphasis added; formatting altered.)
Won initialed the first and third enumerated paragraphs of the Implied Consent Form, but did not initial the second paragraph, stating that he “[did] not agree” with it and was “not going to initial” it. Won initialed the portion of the form that stated that he “[a]greed to take a breath test and refused the blood test[,]” and he signed and dated the form. Won’s breath test showed a breath alcohol concentration of 0.170 grams of alcohol per 210 liters of breath.
Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawai'i (State) charged Won by complaint with OVUII, in violation of HRS § 291E-61(a)(l) and (a)(3).
The parties agreed that Won’s suppression motion and trial would be decided on stipulated evidence, which included Won’s police reports and related exhibits. The District Court denied Won’s motion to suppress and found Won guilty of OVUII in violation of HRS § 291E-61(a)(3).
After Won had filed his opening brief, the United States Supreme Court issued McNeely, a decision relating to noneonsensual blood draws in OVUII eases. In light of McNeely, Won filed a motion for supplemental briefing. The State did not oppose Won’s motion, which this court granted. Won and the State submitted supplemental briefs on the effect of McNeely on the instant case, and the Attorney General filed an amicus brief defending the constitutionality of Hawaii’s implied consent law, set forth in HRS Chapter 291E. Oral argument was held on September 26, 2013.
DISCUSSION
I.
A
“No one can seriously dispute the magnitude of the drunken driving problem or the States’ interest in eradicating it.” Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz,
“[A]ll 50 Stаtes have adopted implied consent laws that require motorists, as a condition of operating a motor vehicle within the State, to consent to BAC [ (blood alcohol concentration) ] testing if they are arrested or otherwise detained on suspicion of a drunk-driving offense.” McNeely,
Deaths of persons and injuries to them and damages to property with the other losses suffered on account of highway traffic accidents are of grave concern to the State and its citizens as well as to the federal government. The legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest that the State initiate, coordinate and accelerate every available means to decrease the fatalities, injuries, damages and losses resulting from highway traffic accidents.
Id.
The implied consent and testing provisions of Hawai'i’s statutory scheme are currently set forth in HRS Chapter 291E, Part II. Under Hawai'i’s statutory scheme, a person who drives on a public road is deemed to have consented to undergo chemical testing for alcohol or drugs, as prescribed by HRS Chapter 291E, Part II. HRS § 291E-11 (2007), provides in relevant part:
(a) Any person who operates a vehicle upon a public way, street, road, or highway or on or in the waters of the State shall be deemed to have given consent, subject to this part, to a test or tests approved by the director of health of the person’s breath, blood, or urine for the purpose of determining alcohol concentration or drug content of the person’s breath, blood, or mine, as applicable.
(b) The test or tests shall be administered at the request of a law enforcement officer having probable cause to believe the person operating a vehicle upon a public way, street, road, or highway or on or in the waters of the State is under the influence of an intoxicant or is under the age of twenty-one and has consumed a measurable amount of alcohol, only after:
(1) A lawful arrest; and
(2) The person has been informed by a law enforcement officer that the person may refuse to submit to testing under this chapter.
(c) If there is probable cause to believe that a person is in violation of ... section 291E-61 or 291E-61.5, [8 ] as a result of having consumed alcohol/ then the person shall elect to take a breath or blood test, or both, for the purpose of determining the alcohol concentration.
(Emphasis added.)
If a person under arrest for OVUII refuses to submit to breath, blood, or urine testing, “none shall be given,” HRS § 291E-15 (Supp.2013),
Prior to 2011, if a person failed to honor his or her implied consent and refused to submit to chemical sobriety testing as prescribed by HRS Chapter 291E, the person was subject to administrative sanctions in the form of revocation of his or her driver’s license and referral for substance abuse assessment and treatment. See HRS §§ 291E-41 (2007), 291E-65 (2007). The administrative sanctions remain in effect. However, effective January 1, 2011, the Legislature enacted HRS § 291E-68, which imposed additional criminal sanctions for the refusal to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test. See 2010 Haw. Sess. Laws Act 166, §§ 2, 26, at 398, 415. In its current form, HRS § 291E-68 (Supp.2013) provides: “Except as provided in section 291E-65, [
Accordingly, under the statutory scheme, except for cases involving collisions resulting
B.
Won argues that in light of the recent enactment of HRS § 291E-68, which makes refusing to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test a crime, the police were required to give him Miranda warnings before reading the Implied Consent Form to him and obtaining his decision regarding testing. Won contends that because the police failed to advise him of his Miranda rights, any statement he made in response to the Implied Consent Form was inadmissible and the results of his breath test should have been suppressed as the “Fruit of the Poisonous Tree.” We disagree.
At least fourteen other states, like Hawai'i, have enacted implied consent laws that impose criminal sanctions on a driver for refusing to submit to chemical testing, either as a separate offense or as an element authorizing the imposition of an increased sentence for a driver found to have operated a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant.
C.
1.
The requirements imposed by Miranda v. Arizona,
In State v. Santiago,
Thus, as a matter of state constitutional law, article I, section 10
requires that before reference is made at trial to statements made by the accused during custodial interrogation, the prosecutor must first demonstrate that certain safeguards were taken before the accused was questioned.... [T]he prosecutor must show that each accused was warned that he [or she] had a right to remain silent, that anything said could be used against him [or her], that he [or she] had a right to the presence of an attorney, and that if he [or she] could no[t] afford an attorney one would be appointed for him [or her].... [UJnless these protective measures are taken, statements made by the accused may not be used either as direct evidence in the prosecutor’s case in chief or to impeach the defendant’s credibility during rebuttal or cross-examination.
Ketchum,
2.
Miranda warnings are required when two conditions are met: (1) the defendant
In Innis, the Supreme Court explained that not all statements obtained by the police after a suspect has been taken into custody are “to be considered the product of interrogation.” Innis,
In Innis, the Court held that “the term ‘interrogation’ under Miranda refers not only to express questioning, but also to any words or actions on the part of the police (other than those normally attendant to arrest and custody) that the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response from the suspect.” Id. at 301,
In Ketchum, the Hawai'i Supreme Court stated that in general, “interrogation” for Miranda purposes means “express questioning or its functional equivalent[,J” and whether the police have “subjected a person to ‘interrogation’ is determined by objectively assessing the ‘totality of the circumstances.’ ” Ketchum,
3.
In addition, both the United States Supreme Court and the Hawaii Supreme Court have drawn a distinction between a suspect being compelled to provide testimonial communications and being compelled to become the source of real or physical evidence. The protections of Miranda and the privilege against self-incrimination only apply to testimonial communications. See Muniz,
D.
We first address Schmerber v. California,
1.
In Schmerber, the police arrested Schmer-ber for OVUII and directed a doctor to withdraw a blood sample for alcohol testing, despite Schmerber’s refusal to consent to the test. Schmerber,
In addressing Sehmerber’s argument, the Court stated that the critical question was whether Schmerber was “compelled to be a witness against himself.” Id. at 761,
the privilege protects an accused only from being compelled to testify against himself, or otherwise provide the State with evidence of a testimonial or communicative nature, and that the withdrawal of blood and use of the analysis in question in this case did not involve compulsion to these ends.
Id. (footnote omitted; emphasis added).
The Court noted that courts have typically held that the Fifth Amendment “offers no protection against compulsion to submit to fingerprinting, photographing, or measurements, to write or speak for identification, to appear in court, to stand, to assume a stance, to walk, or to make a particular gesture.” Id. at 764,
In Neville, the Court considered whether the admission in evidence of Neville’s refusal to take a blood-alcohol test, pursuant to South Dakota’s implied consent statute that authorized the use of such refusal evidence in a criminal OVUII trial, would violate Ne-ville’s privilege against self-incrimination. Neville,
The Court noted that Schmerber held that since a blood test was “‘physical or real’ evidence rather than testimonial evidence,” it was unprotected by the Fifth Amendment. Id. at 559,
The Court held that the sanctions for refusal imposed by the South Dakota statutory scheme did not violate the Fifth Amendment. The Court explained that South Dakota “did not directly compel [Neville] to refuse the test, for it gave, him the choice of submitting to the test or refusing[,]” id. at 562,
the offer of taking a blood-alcohol test is clearly legitimate, the action becomes no less legitimate when the State offers a second option of refusing the test, with the attendant penalties for making that choice. Nor is this a case where the State has subtly coerced respondent into choosing the option it had no right to compel, rather than offering a true choice. To the contrary, the State wants respondent to choose to take the test, for the inference of intoxication arising from a positive blood-alcohol test is far stronger than that arising from a refusal to take the test.
Id. at 563-64,
The Court recognized that the choice to submit to or refuse a blood-alcohol test is not an easy or pleasant one for a suspect, but it stated that “the criminal process often requires suspects and defendants to make difficult choices.” Id. at 564,
The Court also addressed the Miranda implications of a police officer’s asking a suspect whether he or she will take a blood-alcohol test pursuant to an implied consent statutory scheme. The Court concluded:
In the context of an arrest for driving while intoxicated, a police inquiry of whether the suspect will take a blood-alcohol test is not an interrogation within the meaning of Miranda. As we stated inRhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291 , 301,100 S.Ct. 1682 , 1689,64 L.Ed.2d 297 (1980), police words or actions “normally attendant to arrest and custody” do not constitute interrogation. The police inquiry here is highly regulated by state law, and is presented in virtually the same words to all suspects. It is similar to a police request to submit to fingerprinting or photography. [Neville’s] choice of refusal thus enjoys no prophylactic Miranda protection outside the basic Fifth Amendment protection.
Id. at 564 n. 15,
3.
In Severino, the Hawaii Supreme Court held that an OVUII arrestee was not entitled to Miranda warnings or to consult with counsel before the police asked whether the arrestee would submit to chemical testing under the 1974 version of Hawаii’s implied consent law. Severino,
entitled to the Miranda warnings prior to being required to submit to the chemical tests prescribed by statute, inasmuch as the Miranda rights are not applicable to implied consent proceedings. He is deemed by law to have given his prior consent.
Id. at 381,
Severino had been arrested for OVUII and was advised of his Miranda rights and the requirements and sanctions of the implied consent law. Id. at 380,
4.
Won contends that the Hawaii Supreme Court’s holding in Severino that an OVUII arrestee is not entitled to Miranda warnings or to consult with counsel before the police determine whether the arrestee will submit to chemical testing is no longer good law. He contends that the Legislature’s recent enactment of HRS § 291E-68 to impose criminal penalties for refusing to submit to testing changes the analysis, and that the police must now give an OVUII suspect Miranda warnings before reading the Implied Consent Form or obtaining the arrestee’s decision regarding testing.
We disagree. Won’s argument appears to have been uniformly rejected by every court that has construed implied consent statutes which like Hawaii’s statute impose criminal sanctions for refusal to submit to testing.
In Deering v. Brown,
In holding that Deering’s refusal was not a testimonial communication, the court started its discussion by noting that in the context of the OVUII charge, Deering’s refusal to take the test was clearly nontestimonial conduct indicating a consciousness of guilt. Id. at 541. However, like Won, Deering argued that criminalizing the refusal to submit to testing changed the analysis and transformed the refusal into а “‘testimonial’ statement.” Id. The Ninth Circuit rejected this argument. The court held that making refusal “an element of [a] crime, rather than merely evidence of an element of the crime (as it is in the case of the [OVUII] charge), does not transform the nature of the refusal itself.” Id. at 542.
The court explained that “Alaska’s [criminal] refusal statute [was] closely analogous to a criminal contempt penalty for violating a court order to produce nontestimonial evidence.” Id. The court concluded:
Just as a defendant facing a court order to produce nontestimonial evidence^ such as a handwriting exemplar,] has no constitutional right to refuse the order, so Deering had no right to refuse the police request for a breathalyzer test. And just as the imposition of criminal contempt penalties does not transform the refusal to obey a court order regarding nontestimonial evidence into a testimonial communication with respect to the contempt charge, neither does the imposition by the State of Alaska of a criminal penalty for refusal to provide the state with the physical evidence of a breathalyzer test—beyond the civil penalty of license revocation clearly condoned in Neville—qualitatively transform the refusal into testimony.
Id. at 542 (internal citations omitted). Like evidence of the failure to obey a court order that is used to prove a criminal contempt charge, “evidence of Deering’s refusal was not used for the testimonial or communicative сontent conveyed by his act of refusal[,]” but instead was “used to show that he had not performed the physical act of actually taking the test when requested.” Id. Because Deering’s act of refusal was not used for its communicative content but simply to convey that he failed to take the test when requested, the court concluded that the act of refusal was not testimonial. Id.
The Ninth Circuit also addressed Deer-ing’s argument that evidence of his refusal to take the breathalyzer test was obtained by the police in violation of his Miranda rights. The court rejected Deering’s Miranda claim. Id. at 544. The court held that the “protections of Miranda do not apply to nontestinio-nial evidence” and that Deering’s refusal to take the test was nontestimonial. Id.
In addition to Deering, it appears that every other court that has considered Miranda or Fifth Amendment claims in the context of implied consent statutes with criminal refusal provisions similar to Hawaii’s have rejected the claims. These courts have held that police inquiry into whether an OVUII suspect will submit to testing pursuant to such implied consent statutes does not constitute interrogation for Miranda purposes and that the refusal to submit to testing is not a testimonial communication. E.g., State v. Morale,
E.
We join these other courts that have considered arguments similar to that raised by Won in the context of implied consent statutes with criminal refusal provisions similar to Hawaii’s and conclude that the police were not required to give Miranda warnings to Won before determining whether he would submit to testing. Considei’ing the totality of the circumstances, we hold that the officer’s reading of the Implied Consent Form to Won did not constitute interrogation, and that Won’s response to the officer’s actions by indicating his agreement to submit to breath testing was not a testimonial communication. We therefore conclude that Won’s Miranda rights were not implicated or violated by the police action in obtaining his agreement to submit to a breath test.
In analyzing Won’s Miranda claim, we note the rather unique circumstances that surround the actions of the police in determining whether an OVUII arrestee will submit to testing. Not only are the police required by statute in every lawful OVUII arrest to determine whether the OVUII ar-restee will submit to tеsting, see HRS § 291E-33 (2007 & Supp. 2011) (requiring the police to request a person arrested for OVUII, whom the police believe was lawfully arrested, to take a test for alcohol concentration or drug content), but the police must also comply with specific requirements set forth in the statute in obtaining the arres-tee’s decision. In particular, a police officer must inform the arrestee that he or she may refuse to submit to testing, and if the suspect refuses, the officer must also inform the ar-restee of the sanctions for refusal. See HRS §§ 291E-11, -15. The record reflects that the police have opted to fulfill their statutory obligations by utilizing a pre-printed form which inform OVUII arrestees that under the implied consent statute, they are deemed to have consented to chemical sobriety testing; that they are not entitled to an attorney before submitting to testing; and that they may refuse to submit to testing, but that if they refuse, they are subject to sanctions, including up to thirty days of imprisonment.
In sum, the actions and discretion of the police in determining whether an OVUII ar-restee will submit to testing are limited and constrained by statute. The standardized procedures employed by the police, which not only informs the OVUII arrestee that the police inquiry is pursuant to statute but of the arrestee’s right to refuse and the consequences of refusal, serve to diminish any coercion associated with the inquiry and eliminate concerns over an arrestee’s will being overborne by the type of coercive police tactics which prompted the Miranda requirements. See Innis,
Under Ketchum, in determining whether “interrogation” for Miranda purposes has occurred, we must consider the totality of the circumstances and “focus upon the officer’s
With respect to the nature of the question, including whether it was a routine booking question, the police inquiry into whether Won would submit to testing was required and controlled by statute. The inquiry is “highly regulated by state law” and is presented in a standardized form to OVUII ar-restees, characteristics which prompted the United States Supreme Court to conclude that such inquiry did not constitute interrogation within the meaning of Miranda. Neville,
Given the implied consent statutory scheme, Won’s response to the inquiry was not sought for its testimonial content and was not testimonial in nature, but represented a nontestimonial act and nontestimonial conduct which the police by statute were required to determine. See Ketchum,
The police inquiry is similar to a routine booking question in that the statutе requires that inquiry into whether an OVUII arestee will submit to testing must be made in every lawful OVUII arrest. See HRS § 291E-33. Thus, it is an inquiry routinely made in OVUII arrests, and the inquiry and its content are not based on police discretion, but are required by statute.
Finally, other relevant circumstances support the conclusion that police action in presenting the Implied Consent Form to Won did not constitute interrogation. Under the implied consent statutory scheme, by operation of law, a person who operates a vehicle upon a public road is deemed to have consented to submit to chemical sobriety tests if arrested for OVUII. See HRS § 291E-11; Severino,
II.
A.
Won argues that his breath test results should have been suppressed because the police violated his statutory right to an attorney under HRS § 803-9. That statute provides in relevant part:
It shall be unlawful in any case of arrest for examination:
(1) To deny to the person so arrested the right of seeing, at reasonable intervals and for a reasonable time at the place of the person’s detention, counsel or a member of the arrested person’s family;
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(4) In case the person arrested has requested that the person see an attorney or member of the person’s family, to examine the person before the person has had a fair opportunity to see and consult with the attorney or member of the person’s family[.]
HRS § 803-9.
We conclude that Won’s argument is without merit. Won’s argument is foreclosed by the Hawaii Supreme Court’s decision in Severino. HRS § 803-9 was in effect when Severino was decided. The court in Severino specifically held that “a motorist is not entitled to consult with counsel before deciding to submit to the chemical test prescribed by the implied consent statute.” Severino,
Even-assuming arguendo that before deciding whether to submit to testing, Won had a statutory right to counsel under HRS § 803-9 that was violated, Won was not entitled to suppression of the results of his breath test. “Generally, where evidence has been obtained in violation of a statute, that evidence is not inadmissible per se in a criminal proceeding unless the statutory violation has constitutional dimensions[,]” or the defendant can demonstrate, by a preponderance of the evidence, a connection between the statutory violation and the evidence to be suppressed. State v. Edwards,
In addition, Won has not shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to permit him to consult with counsel led to his agreement to submit to the breath testing. As noted, the implied consent statute encourages such agreement by imposing significant sanctions, including criminal penalties, for refusal. Under Hawaii Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.2(d) (2014), “[a] lawyer shall not counsel a client to engage, or assist a client, in conduct that the lawyer knows is criminal....” Since refusing to submit to testing is a crime, Won’s counsel could not have directly advised Won to refuse to submit to testing. Moreover, Won does not provide any basis for believing that he would have refused to submit to a breath tеst if he had consulted with counsel. Therefore, Won has not shown, by a preponderance of the evidence, a connection between the alleged violation of HRS § 803-9 and the results of his breath test, and suppression of the breath test results based on the alleged statutory violation is not warranted. See Edwards,
B.
The Implied Consent Form informed Won that “You are not entitled to an attorney before you submit to any test or tests to determine your alcohol and/or drug content.” Relying on State v. Wilson,
In Wilson, the Hawai'i Supreme Court construed the 1997 version of the Hawai'i implied consent statute. The court stated that “as the statutory language makes clear, a driver’s ‘implied consent’ to an evidentiary chemical alcohol test is qualified by his or her implied right to refuse such a test after being accurately informed of his or her statutory right to consent or refuse, as well as the consequences of such consent or refusal.” Id. at 49,
We conclude that Won’s reliance on Wilson is misplaced. Wilson held that for an OVUII arrestee’s dеcision on testing to be valid, the police must accurately inform the arrestee of his or her rights under the implied consent statute to consent to or refuse testing and the applicable consequences of the arrestee’s decision. Id. at 49,
III.
Won argues that his breath test results should have been suppressed because the Implied Consent Form misinformed him of the sanctions for refusing to submit to testing. The portion of the form Won claims was inaccurate states: “if you refuse to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test, you shall be subject to up to thirty days imprisonment and/or fine up to $1,000 or the sanctions of 291E-65, if applicable.” (Emphasis added.) Won contends that the form should have instead stated that if testing is refused, “you may be subject to up to thirty days imprisonment if convicted.” Based on Wilson, Won argues that because he was misinformed of the sanctions for refusal, his agreement to submit to testing was invalid and his breath test results must be suppressed. We disagree.
In Wilson, under the then-existing implied consent sanctions, Wilson was subject to the revocation of his driving privileges for three months to a year if he agreed to and failed a blood-alcohol test. Wilson,
We conclude that, unlike in Wilson, the Implied Consent Form presented to Won was not inaccurate or misleading. As stated in the form, if Won failed to submit to testing, he was subject to up to thirty days imprisonment. The use of the term “up to” also conveyed the contingent nature of the sanctions and that the reference to “thirty days imprisonment” was the maximum possible
IV.
Won claims that in light of the United States Suprеme Court’s recent decision in McNeely, HRS § 291E-68 violates the Fourth Amendment to the United State Constitution and Article I, Section 7 of the Hawaii Constitution.
A.
Won argues that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in McNeely renders HRS § 291E-68 unconstitutional. It is well settled that a party challenging the constitutionality of a statute faces a heavy burden. The Hawaii Supreme Court has long held that: “(1) legislative enactments are presumptively constitutional; (2) a party challenging a statutory scheme has the burden of showing unconstitutionality beyond a reasonable doubt; and (3) the constitutional defect must be clear, manifest, and unmistakable.” Pray v. Judicial Selection Comm’n,
In Schmerber, the United States Supreme Court upheld a warrantless blood draw to conduct a blood-alcohol test from a non-consenting person arrested for OVUII, because the officer “might reasonably have believed that he was confronted with an emergency, in which the delay necessary to obtain a warrant, under the circumstances, threatened the destructiоn of evidence[.]” Schmerber,
In support of its decision, the Court noted the intrusive nature of the blood-withdrawal search at issue in the case. The Court described the search as “involving] a compelled physical intrusion beneath McNeely’s skin and into his veins to obtain a sample of
In response to the arguments of Missouri and its amici that the absence of a per se exigency rule for blood draws would “undermine the governmental interest in preventing and prosecuting drunk-driving offenses,” Justice Sotomayor stated:
States have a broad range of legal tools to enforce their drunk-driving laws and to secure BAC [ (blood alcohol concentration)] evidence without undertaking war-rantless noneonsensual blood draws. For example, all 50 States have adopted implied consent laws that requirе motorists, as a condition of operating a motor vehicle within the State, to consent to BAC testing if they are arrested or otherwise detained on suspicion of a drunk-driving offense. Such laws impose significant consequences when a motorist withdraws consent; typically the motorist’s driver’s license is immediately suspended or revoked, and most States allow the motorist’s refusal to take a BAC test to be used as evidence against him in a subsequent criminal prosecution.
Id. at 1566 (internal citations omitted) (emphasis added) (plurality opinion).
B.
McNeely addressed the narrow question of whether the dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream establishes a per se exigenUcir-cumstances exception to the warrant requirement for noneonsensual blood draws for OVUII arrests. McNeely did not address other potential exceptions to the warrant requirement, the Fourth Amendment implications of breath tests, the validity of implied consent statutes, or the validity of breath tests conducted pursuant to such statutes.
Here, Won agreed to submit to a breath test pursuant to Hawaii’s implied consent statute. Unlike McNeely, Won was not subjected to a compelled noneonsensual blood draw. A breath test is “less intrusive” than a blood test. Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives’ Ass’n,
A Hawai'i driver, like Won, who is arrested for OVUII based on alcohol consumption has the option of electing to take a breath test, a blood test, or both. HRS § 291E-ll(e). Because a Hawai'i driver can chose to take the less intrusive breath test, and because in this ease Won chose to take a breath test, we only address the constitutionality of HRS § 291E-68 as it applies to breath tests under the implied consent statutory scheme in a typical OVUII ease.
C.
“As the text of the Fourth Amendment indicates, the ultimate measure of the constitutionality of a governmental search is ‘reasonableness.’” Maryland v. King, — U.S. —,
[W]hen faced with special law enforcement needs, diminished expectations of privacy, minimal intrusions, or the like, the Court has found that certain general, or individual, circumstances may render a warrant-less search or seizure reasonable. Those circumstances diminish the need for a warrant, either because ‘the public interest is such that neither a warrant nor probablecause is required,’ or because an individual is already on notice, for instance because of his employment, or the conditions of his release from government custody, that some reasonable police intrusion on his privacy is to be expected.
Id. (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
In determining whether a warrantless search or seizure is reasonable, the court must balance the government’s need to search against the intrusion on the individual’s privacy-interests. See In re Doe,
D.
As noted, McNeely only addressed the exigent-circumstances exception to the warrant requirement for nonconsensual blood draws; it did not address breath tests or other exceptions to the warrant requirement.
Consent to search is an exception to the warrant requirement under the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Section 7. See State v. Hanson,
In addition, “[djriving is a privilege, not a right.” State v. Spillner,
The Legislature presumably could have sought to make the implied consent to breath testing completely irrevocable. See Rowley,
In effect, by exercising the privilege of driving, a driver (like Won) consents to submit to a breath test, pursuant to a statutory scheme that protects the driver from being physically forced to undergo testing, but imposes sanctions on the driver’s exercise of that option. In balancing the government’s interest against the individual’s privacy interest, we conclude that obtaining a driver’s breath test under the procedures set forth in the implied consent statute is reasonable and does not violate the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Section 7.
The governmental interest in protecting lives, securing the safety of our public roads, and deterring drivers from operating vehicles while intoxicated is strong and compelling.
In Hanson, the Hawai'i Supreme Court held that an airline passenger, who impliedly consented to the search of a toolbox by submitting it for inspection, could not withdraw his consent to search a plastic bag wrapped in duct tape found in the toolbox. Hanson,
By similar reasoning, the purpose of the implied consent statute would be defeated if a driver could freely withdraw his or her consent to submit to a breath test after being arrested for OVUII. We conclude that the statutory scheme, which imposes sanctions to
McNeely does not address breath tests or the validity of implied consent statutes, and neither McNeely ⅛ holding nor its reasoning compels the conclusion that HRS § 291E-68 is unconstitutional.
E.
Because Won has failed to show that HRS § 291E-68 is unconstitutional, ‘we reject his claim that the Implied Consent Form misinformed him of the sanctions for refusing to submit to testing because it included the sanctions imposed by HRS § 291E-68. We also reject Won’s claim that his breath test violated the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Section 7 because it was conducted without a search warrant. Based on our prеvious analysis, we conclude that Won’s breath test was properly obtained pursuant to the implied consent statute and that his rights under the Fourth Amendment and Article I, Section 7 were not violated. Under the circumstances presented, the police were not required to obtain a search warrant before conducting Won’s breath test.
CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, we affirm Won’s conviction and sentence.
Notes
. HRS § 2 91E-61 (a)(3) provides:
(a) A person commits the offense of operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant if the person operates or assumes actual physical control of a vehicle:
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(3) With .08 or more grams of alcohol per two hundred ten liters of breath[J
. See Miranda v. Arizona,
. The Honorable David Lo presided.
. HRS § 803-9, entitled "Examination after arrest; rights of arrested person!,]” provides in relevant part:
It shall be unlawful in any case of arrest for examination:
(1) To deny to the person so arrested the right of seeing, at reasonable intervals and for a reasonable time at the place of the person’s detention, counsel or a member of the arrested person's family;
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(4) In case the person arrested has requested that the person see an attorney or member of the person’s family, to examine the person before the person has had a fair opportunity to see and consult with the attorney or member of the person’s family!.]
. Pursuant to HRS § 291E-11 (2007), the results of a PAS test shall only be used in determining probable cause for an arrest, and Won’s PAS test results are not at issue in this case.
. The State also alleged that Won was subject to sentencing as a first offender in accordance with HRS § 291E—61 (b)(1) (Supp.2013).
. The Judgment indicates that Won violated "HRS [§ ] 291E-61(a)(l)(3)(b)(l).” However, as noted supra, the record shows that the (a)(1) portion of the charge was dismissed, and the State proceeded only on the (a)(3) portion of the charge.
. HRS § 291E-61 sets forth the criminal offense of OVUII and HRS § 291E-61.5 sets forth the criminal offense of Habitual OVUII.
. HRS § 291 E-l 5 provides:
If a person under arrest refuses to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test, none shall be given, except as provided in section 291E-21. Upon the law enforcement officer's determination that the person under arrest has refused to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test, if applicable, then a law enforcement officer shall:
(1) Inform the person under arrest of the sanctions under section 291E-41, 291E-65, or291E-68; and
(2) Ask the person if the person still refuses to submit to a breath, blood, or urine test, thereby subjecting the person to the procedures and sanctions under part III or section 291E-65, as applicable; provided that if the law enforcement officer fails to comply with paragraphs (1) and (2), the person shall not be subject to the refusal sanctions under part III or IV.
. HRS § 291E-21 provides in relevant part:
(a) Nothing in this part shall be construed to prevent a law enforcement officer from obtaining a sample of breath, blood, or urine, from the operator of any vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to, or the death of any person, as evidence that the operator was under the influence of an intoxicant.
. HRS § 291E-65 (Supp.2013) pertains to sanctions for persons under the age of twenty-one who are arrested for operating a vehicle after consuming a measurable amount of alcohol and who refuse to submit to testing.
. Won’s case is a "typical” OVUII case in that: (1) he was arrested on probable cause to believe that he was OVUII, in violation of HRS § 291E-61, as a result of having consumed alcohol; (2) Won was not "operating a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in injury to or the death of any person,” see HRS § 291E-21; and (3) Won was not arrested for operating a vehicle with a measurable amount of alcohol while under the age of twenty-one, in violation of HRS § 291E-64 (2007). Our analysis in this case is limited to the provisions of HRS Chapter 29IE which apply to a "typical” OVUII case like Won’s case. We do not address or analyze other provisions of HRS Chapter 29IE, such as those applicable to cases involving the operation of a vehicle involved in a collision resulting in death or injury or the operation of a vehicle by a person under twenty-one with a measurable amount of alcohol.
. These states are: Alaska, California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. See Alaska Stat. Ann. §§ 28.35.031, 28.35.032 (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.); Cal Veh.Code §§ 23538, 23577 (West, Westlaw through Ch. 4 of 2014 Sess.); Fla. Stat. Ann. §§ 316.1932, 316.1939 (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.); Iowa Code Ann. § 321J.2(3)(b)(2)(d) (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.); Kansas Stat. Ann. § 8-1025 (West, Westlaw through 2013 Reg. & Special Sess.); La. Stat. Ann. §§ 14:98.2, 32:666 (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.); Me.Rev.Stat. tit. 29-A, § 241 1(5)(A)(3)(b) (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.); Minn.Stat. Ann. §§ 169A.20, 169A.26(1)(b) (West, Westlaw through Ch. 147 of 2014 Sess.); Neb.Rev.Stat. Ann. §§ 60-6,197, 60-6,197.03 (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.); Ohio Rev.Cоde Ann. § 4511.19(A)(2), (G)(l)(a)(ii) (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.); 75 Pa. Cons.Stat. Ann. § 3804(c) (West, Westlaw through Reg. Sess. Act 2014-5); R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 31-27-2.1 (West, Westlaw through Ch. 534 of 2013 Sess.); Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 23, §§ 1201, 1202 (West, Westlaw through 2013 portion of 2013-2014 Legis. Sess.); Va.Code Ann. § 18.2-268.3 (West, Westlaw through 2013 Sess.).
. We note that in his briefs on appeal, Won has not cited any case construing laws similar to Hawaii’s that impose criminal sanctions on a driver's' refusal to submit to testing, in which the court held that the driver was entitled to Miranda warnings before the police could determine whether he or she would submit to testing.
. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides in relevant part: "No person ... shall be compelled in any Criminal Case to be a witness against himself....” U.S. Const, amend. V. The Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination was made applicable to the states pursuant to the Fourteenth Amendment. See Malloy v. Hogan,
.Specifically, Article I, Section 10 of the Hawaii Constitution provides in relevant part: "nor shall any person be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against oneself.” Haw. Const. art. I, § 10. When Santiago was decided, this identical language of Article I, Section 10 was contained in Article I, Section 8 of the Hawaii Constitution, except the term "himself” was used instead of "oneself.” See State v. Ketchum,
. When referring to cases or statutes from other jurisdictions, we will use OVUII to generically refer to offenses prohibiting the operation of a vehicle while impaired by, or with specific levels of, alcohol or drugs.
. The Court also noted that Schmerber had also rejected arguments that the coerced blood test violated the rights to due process and counsel, and the prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. Id. at 559 n. 8,
. The court also held that Deering’s refusal was not "compelled” for purposes of the Fifth Amendment by making the refusal to submit to testing a crime. Id. at 542-44. The court explained that the choice presented to Deering of either producing the breathalyzer evidence or facing criminal sanctions for withholding it, was "no more impermissibly coercive than any order to produce physical evidence which is backed by the sanction of criminal contempt.” Id. at 543. In addition, the court noted that the state does not directly compel a refusal. Id. "[T]he compulsion [that criminalizing refusal] increases is the compulsion to submit to the breathalyzer test, not the compulsion to refuse, and refusal is the conduct made criminal in the statute.” Id.
. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states:
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 Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
U.S. Const, amend. IV.
Article I, Section 7 of the Hawaii Constitution states:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches, seizures and invasions of privacy shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized оr the communications sought to be intercepted.
Haw. Const, art. I, § 7.
. Justice Kennedy, who was part of the Court’s five-member majority, did not join in the quoted portion of Justice Sotomayor’s opinion.
. See footnote 12, supra.
. In this regard, the implied consent statute has two components, both of which are reasonable. It is reasonable for the Legislature to condition its grant of the privilege of driving on a person’s agreement to submit to breath testing if arrested for OVUII. It is also reasonable for the Legislature to enforce that bargain by imposing penalties on a driver who refuses to honor his or her agreement.
. Although the dissipation of alcohol in the bloodstream does not establish a per se exigent-circumstances exception to the warrant requirement for nonconsensual blood draws, McNeely,
.In Hanson, an airline passenger submitted a toolbox for inspection, but refused to consent to a security officer’s request to search a plastic bag wrapped in duct tape found in the toolbox. Hanson,
. We note that courts from other jurisdictions have also held that a warrantless breath test obtained from an OVUII arrestee is a valid search incident to arrest. See United States v. Reid,
. Although Won challenges the constitutionality of HRS § 291E-68, he notes that HRS § 291E-15 only requires the police to advise an OVUII arresteе of the sanctions for refusing testing after an initial refusal, and he states that his agreement to a breath test would have been valid if it came in response to an initial inquiry that did not mention the sanctions for refusal. In light of our analysis, we need not distinguish between an initial inquiry regarding testing and an inquiry following an initial refusal under HRS § 291E-15 in evaluating the constitutionality of HRS § 291E-68.
. We note that on February 3, 2014, Won submitted a citation of a supplemental authority pursuant to Hawai'i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 28(j) (2010). Won cited an unpublished decision of the United States Supreme Court in Aviles v. Texas, — U.S. -,
.As noted in footnote 7, supra, the Judgment erroneously indicates that Won was convicted of violating both HRS 291E—61 (a)(1) and (a)(3). We direct the District Court to file a corrected judgment to reflect that Won was only convicted of violating HRS § 29IE-61(a)(3), as a first offender under HRS § 291E-61(b)(1).