124 Pa. Commw. 496 - Commonwealth v. McLaughlin’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
September 1995
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 114 Pa. Commw. 326 - Lewis v. Commonwealth · Commonwealth v. Bendik
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“(a) General rule. — Any person who drives, operates or is in actual physical control of the movement of a motor vehicle in this Commonwealth shall be deemed to have given consent to one or more chemical tests of breath, blood or urine for the purpose of determining the alcoholic content of blood or the presence of a controlled substance if a police officer has reasonable grounds to believe the person to have been driving, operating or in actual physical control of the movement of a motor vehicle: (1) while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance or both____”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[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.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(b) Serious traffic offenses. — The provisions of Subchapter B of Chapter 37 (relating to serious traffic offenses) [sections 3731 to 3735] shall apply upon highways and trafficways throughout this Commonwealth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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