Legal Opinion
State v. Mecham
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided June 23, 2014No. 69613-1-IPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAppelwick, J.
¶1 At Mecham’s trial for felony driving
under the influence, the State introduced Mecham’s refusal to perform a field sobriety test as substantive evidence of his guilt. Mecham argues that the State impermissibly penalized him for exercising his constitutional right to *937refuse consent to a field sobriety test. Mecham also makes a confrontation clause challenge to the admission of a certification of mailing on his license revocation order. We affirm.
FACTS
¶2 On May 15, 2011, Officer Scott Campbell observed Mark Mecham driving in Bellevue, Washington. Campbell pulled Mecham over after he ran a…
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