State v. QUATTRUCCI

OPINION

Chief Justice SUTTELL,

for the Court.

After failing two field sobriety tests, the respondent, Lewis T. Quattrucci, was ar rested for driving under the influence and later charged with refusing to submit to a chemical test. The charge subsequently was dismissed by a Traffic Tribunal magistrate on the ground that Mr. Quattrucci had not been afforded a confidential telephone call, as required by G.L.1956 § 12-7-20. The state appealed, and the Traffic Tribunal appeals panel (appeals panel) upheld the magistrate’s order dismissing the refusal charge. The District Court later affirmed the…