114 Pa. Commw. 326 - Lewis v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 26 Pa. Commw. 201 - Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Dreisbach · 53 Pa. Commw. 182 - Maffei v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation · 103 Pa. Commw. 148 - Waldspurger v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Guarino · Commonwealth v. Krishak
Most-quoted passages
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“[0]nly requires that the officer have reasonable grounds to believe the motorist was driving, operating or in actual physical control of a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. It does not require the officer to have reasonable grounds to believe the motorist was driving, operating or in actual physical control of a vehicle on a highway or trafficway while under the influence of alcohol. If the legislature had intended for police officers to make such a determination, it would have specifically provided for this in the statute. (Emphasis in original.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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