103 Pa. Commw. 490 - Commonwealth v. Doyle’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “Whether evidence is sufficient to constitute ‘reasonable grounds’ can only be decided on case-by-case basis. The test, however is not very demanding. We note initially that, for ‘reasonable grounds’ to exist, the police officer obviously need not be correct in his belief that the motor ist had been driving while intoxicated. We are dealing here with the authority to request a person to submit to a chemical test and not with the admission into evidence of the result of such a test. The only valid inquiry on this issue at the de novo hearing is whether, viewing the facts and circumstances as they appeared at the time, a reasonable person in the position of the police officer could have concluded that the motorist was operating the vehicle and under the influence of intoxicating liquor. (Footnotes omitted.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Firestone