Court Opinion

ID: 9704300
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 00:30:08.712809+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:16:23.520746
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LEADBETTER, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. I believe that whether or not a licensee has refused a chemical test is a question of law for us to determine based upon the licensee’s conduct as found by the trial court. Whether the police “deem” that conduct to be a consent or refusal is irrelevant unless they communicate that view to the licensee and thereby in some manner alter his subsequent behavior, a situation not presented here. Accordingly, on the basis of Olbrish v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 152 Pa.Cmwlth. 423, 619 A.2d 397 (1992), I would reverse the order of the court of common pleas and reinstate the suspension.