Rukavina v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal by Timothy W. Rukavina (appellant) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County upholding a six-month suspension of his driver’s license for refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test.1

*437On January 3, 1977, the appellant, while driving his car, leaned out of the window and used profane language after a police officer had attempted to flag him down, and then drove away at high speed. The officer gave chase, stopped the vehicle and continued pursuit of the appellant on foot until he was apprehended and handcuffed, at which time the…