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REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLES V. PHILLIPS
The Plaintiff driver was involved in an accident and was taken into custody after police officers at the scene determined that he had been driving under the influence of alcohol. The driver refused to take a breathalyzer test, insisting that he had the right to have a blood test instead of the breathalyzer. After waiting an appropriate time, the police determined that the driver had refused the breathalyzer. The driver’s attorney was contacted and bail was set.
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The driver and his attorney went to a medical center, but the driver decided not to get a blood test. The Registry suspended the driver’s license for refusing to submit to the breathalyzer. Plaintiff, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, sought certiorari review, pursuant to Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 249, § 4, of an order of a Massachusetts district court, which reversed the Registry’s decision to suspend defendant driver’s license for 120 days for refusing to take a breathalyzer test. The Registry filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings.
Whether an intoxicated driver has the right, under G.L.c. 90, § 24(1) (f) (1), to select the type of test, either breath or blood analysis?
The district court reversed the decision based on a holding that the driver could demand the blood test. The court disagreed and granted judgment on the pleadings. Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24 (1) (f) (1), the driver consented to a breathalyzer test and the refusal to submit to one was grounds for suspension of his license. He did have the right to an independent blood test under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 263, § 5A, but the test was in addition to, not in lieu of the breathalyzer, and the driver had to arrange for such a test himself. The motion for judgment on the pleadings was granted.
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Theodore v. Board of Appeal
Plaintiff driver filed a complaint for judicial review of the lifetime revocation of his driver’s license. The Suffolk Superior Court Department (Massachusetts) denied his motion for judgment on the pleadings, affirmed the registrar’s decision to revoke his license, and remanded the issue of the issuance of a hardship license to the Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds.
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Whether the driver could be granted a hearing before the registrar for the purpose of requesting the issuance of a new license on hardship grounds?
The Board appealed the judgment insofar as it remanded the case. The appellate court held that the look-back period of 10 years had been eliminated. Thus, all four of the driver’s previous operating under the influence (OUI) convictions were considered, even though there had been 30 years between the fourth and fifth convictions. A fifth OUI offense required a permanent revocation. The registrar could not grant the driver a hearing to request a new license on hardship grounds. While the driver stated a need to drive to work and to job sites, the Board did not purport to rule on the issue. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(c)(3 3/4) was silent on a new license for employment or education purposes, and no decision of the registrar on a hardship license was before the Board. The decision on appeal superseded the registrar’s decision and was the Board’s final action. The remand order was in error. Finally, § 24(1)(c)(3 3/4) provided that the driver could not be granted a hearing before the registrar for the purpose of requesting the issuance of a new license on hardship grounds. While it was not determined whether an appeal lay of a lifetime revocation, there was no waiting period.
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