Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Riedel
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 1, 1994PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MONTEMURO, Justice.
Appellant, Donald Wayne Riedel, was convicted of Driving Under the Influence, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 3731(a)(1) and (a)(4), with a blood alcohol content of 0.255 percent. His appeal to this Court involves the interpretation of the implied consent scheme of the Motor Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 1547 and 3755. The pertinent, facts follow.
On November 17, 1990, appellant and his girlfriend sustained injuries in a one-car accident in York County, Pennsylvania. When Pennsylvania State Trooper Brian Travis arrived at the scene, emergency medical technicians were already…
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