Wessels v. State

Pope, Judge.

On April 24, 1982 Donald Louis Wessels was arrested and charged with various vehicular offenses, among them driving under the influence of alcohol. At the time of his arrest, defendant refused to submit to a chemical test used to determine the alcohol content of his blood. At trial it was stipulated that defendant refused such test after he had been duly informed of his rights under the Implied Consent Statute, OCGA § 40-5-55 (Code Ann. § 68B-306). In his opening argument, the solicitor told the jury that defendant had refused the arresting officer’s request for submission to the…