(Download) "Voetberg v. State Department of Motor Vehicles" by Supreme Court of Washington No. 42203 # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Voetberg v. State Department of Motor Vehicles
- Author : Supreme Court of Washington No. 42203
- Release Date : January 11, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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[80 Wash2d Page 629] The appellant was arrested while driving a motor vehicle and the arresting officer, believing him to be under the influences
of intoxicating liquor, requested that he submit to a chemical breath test for the presence of alcohol in his blood and advised
him of the consequences of his refusal. The appellant equivocated at first but eventually refused to take the test. His license
was suspended and he appealed to the superior court, which after a trial de novo, found that he was probably too intoxicated
to understand the consequences of his refusal to take the test. The court held, however, that the lack of ability to understand
the advice and warnings given pursuant to the implied [80 Wash2d Page 630] consent statute (RCW 46.20.308), due to voluntary
intoxication, does not excuse a refusal of the chemical breath test. The suspension of the appellant's license was upheld.