Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

On May 12, 1992, the Justices submitted the following answer to a question propounded to them by the Senate.

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts;

The undersigned Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit their response to the question set forth in an order adopted by the Senate on February 4, 1992, and transmitted to this court on that day. The order recites that Senate No. 717, a bill pending before the General Court, entitled “An Act providing for the admissibility of the refusal to take a test for the chemical analysis of breath into evidence at…