Court Opinion

ID: 9792351
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:27:43.417438+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:42.137333
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PETERS, J.
I dissent.
Even if a demand to take all three tests be interpreted as a refusal to take any, under the law he could have agreed to take one, and could have demanded the right to take the other two if he paid for them (Veh. Code, § 13354, subd. (b)). The arresting officer should have informed petitioner of that right. Petitioner had made it perfectly clear that he wanted all three tests. The only way he could get them was to pay for two. The police officer presumably knew this. He knew or should have known that petitioner did not. Fundamental rules of fairness require that the officer inform him of those rights.