Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Hudock

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

The Department of Transportation (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County which reversed the Department’s suspension of George R. Hudock’s motor vehicle operator’s license for refusing to .submit ,to a breathalyzer test.1 Following a thorough review of the record, we reverse the common pleas court.

On March 20, 1980, George Hudock (Appellee) was observed by Officer Donald Borger getting out of an automobile which had gone off the road and lay in an adjacent field.. As the police officer approached the automobile, he noticed…