Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Speights

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 3, 1986No. 01008PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BECK, Judge:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether, without explanation by expert testimony, the result of a breathalyzer test administered two hours and forty-five minutes after appellant operated a motor vehicle, constitutes sufficient evi dence to convict appellant of violating subsection 3731(a)(4) of the Vehicle Code, 1 namely, “[a] person shall not drive, operate or be in actual physical control of the movement of any vehicle while ... the amount of alcohol in the blood of the person is 0.10% or greater.” We hold that a breathalyzer test result can, by itself, support a conviction…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Commonwealth v. MikulanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Commonwealth v. DiFrancescoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  4. Commonwealth v. SimioneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
  5. United States v. Joseph D. CusmanoCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GonzalezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  2. Commonwealth v. MacPhersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. Commonwealth v. ConwaySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. Commonwealth v. DudaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. State v. KubikNebraska Supreme Court · 1990

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